Dear CONSERVATIVES,
Every up-and-coming new politician will tell you he is guided by his convictions.
Most of them even believe it.
But I'll tell you, once they arrive in Washington and discover how things "really work" here, often they have difficulty standing up for their core beliefs. Compromise is seductive.
Some stand strong, but many disappoint.
It is rare, then, that I really get excited about a new candidate running for U.S. Congress, even one running as a constitutional conservative.
With Kerry Bentivolio, however, two things tell me that he is one to watch, and one I've been happy to support:
First, the extraordinary circumstances through which Kerry came to be the Republican nominee in his race. Five months ago, Kerry was running a race everybody thought was impossible.
He was running to stand for a message, not just to be elected.
Every up-and-coming new politician will tell you he is guided by his convictions.
Most of them even believe it.
But I'll tell you, once they arrive in Washington and discover how things "really work" here, often they have difficulty standing up for their core beliefs. Compromise is seductive.
Some stand strong, but many disappoint.
It is rare, then, that I really get excited about a new candidate running for U.S. Congress, even one running as a constitutional conservative.
With Kerry Bentivolio, however, two things tell me that he is one to watch, and one I've been happy to support:
First, the extraordinary circumstances through which Kerry came to be the Republican nominee in his race. Five months ago, Kerry was running a race everybody thought was impossible.
He was running to stand for a message, not just to be elected.
