Federal Election Commission Complaint Alleges Ties Between Stovall and Cornyn to attack Stockman

A Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint has been filed against Senate candidate Dwayne Stovall for allegedly coordinating with Sen. Cornyn's campaign.  The speculation arose when Stovall mostly attacked Congressman Stockman rather than Cornyn who both Stockman and Stovall want out. This race is not a situation where you have to attack other conservatives in the race in order to make the runoff. The race is a race where there will not even be a runoff unless all the conservatives in the race go after the incumbent and draw enough votes from Cornyn to force the runoff. I like Stovall, but none of them are going to make a runoff if Stovall is only going after Stockman, who is a top conservative, instead of focusing on Cornyn, the real man that votes need to be taken from.

A leading Republican consultant who contacted me stated, "This strategy of attacking Congressman Stockman is really odd because if Stovall really believed that he would make it to a run off with Sen. Cornyn, he would need Stockman's support.  Instead, he is attacking Stockman, a popular Congressman from East Texas who won with an overwhelming vote two years ago."

Just last week, Stockman received an award for his 100% conservative voting record by the American Conservative Union (ACU), the most renown national conservative organization, and is endorsed by Jerome Corsi, senior commentator for TeaParty.org.

Ted Cruz and Congressman Stockman are the only Texas representatives in Washington to score 100% with ACU.  This follows Stockman's score from Heritage Foundation which also shows Cruz and Stockman the top two most conservative legislators from Texas. Also last year, the conservative New American rated Stockman 100%

The FEC complaint alleges that Stovall accepted an in-kind contribution from a known Cornyn supporter and did not report the funding on his FEC report. 

Stovall has accused Stockman of paying the Austin American-Statesman, a liberal newspaper, for their poll that has 5% margin of error and shows Stovall with less than 5% of the vote. 

"This accusation that Stockman is behind every poll showing Stovall losing is sheer insanity," said Dallas Stockman supporter Al Lee. "Stovall's allegations make it clear that he wants to blame others for his lag in the polls and that he can't accept responsibility for his own campaign. Making up polls and conspiracies is a hallmark of failing campaigns. Stockman has repeatedly turned the other cheek, but has taken note that Stovall can only praise Cornyn."

Dewhurst Says Meeting at Obama Friend House was No Fundraiser for TX GOP Senate Race

This morning I posted a story on from BigGovernment.com regarding a meeting for David Dewhurst held at an Obama friend’s house. This story form Big Government alleged that Dewhurst had a fundraiser at the house and got cash from these Liberals.

Since then, there have been new developments. David Dewhurst has sent BigGovernment.com a response stating that the meeting at this house was NOT a fundraiser.

Below are both the new Story and the Previous Story. What do you think?

From BigGovernment.com and Ben Shapiro:

Dewhurst Campaign Says Podesta Group Meeting Was No Fundraiser

After our story yesterday regarding David Dewhurst’s attendance at what had been described as a fundraiser held by the Podesta Group at the Podesta townhouse, Dewhurst’s campaign contacted us with additional information.

Here’s what Dave Beckwith of Dewhurst for Texas had to say:

Cruz vs. Dewhurst US Senate Runoff Election VERY LIKELY new Texas Tribune Poll Suggests

A new Texas Tribune/UT poll released today indicates that the Cruz Surge continues and he’s headed to a runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

Here’s a summary of the new independent, statewide poll:

• Dewhurst is at 38%, Cruz 27% and the next two candidates are 20 points behind at 7%.
• This means the race is headed for a runoff between Cruz and Dewhurst.
• Despite being in statewide office for 14 years and having universal name ID among GOP primary voters, the Lt. Governor is far from closing in on the 50% needed to avoid a runoff. AndCruz is in a solid second place, and surging strongly.
• A runoff would overwhelmingly favor Cruz, given that the most engaged and conservative voters would dominate a runoff – informed conservative voters are a nightmare for Dewhurst.
• Here’s how UT pollster Jim Henson summarizes the situation:“Cruz is in the advantageous position right now of, for the most part, defending his ideas against Dewhurst's record. In the last few cycles, that's been a good place to be, and not to be the person who's having to defend your actions in government.”
• Henson added these numbers are a “yellow flag” for Dewhurst. And the Texas Tribune noted that Cruz is looming in the rearview mirror of Dewhurst.

http://www.tedcruz.org/blog/2012/02/21/poll-cruz-surge-continues-headed-to-runoff-with-dewhurst/