Texas' Cornyn avoids tea party primary challenger
AUSTIN, Texas —
One national conservative group produced an online video calling Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn a chicken. Another held a "town hall" inside a Dallas hotel ballroom with a cardboard cutout of him, claiming he refused to show up in person.
Tea party and other grassroots activists are attacking the Senate minority whip as too moderate despite what most observers say are strong conservative credentials. But, so far, the groups that last year helped unleash firebrand Ted Cruz on the Senate can't seem to manage a second act to challenge Cornyn in the state's Republican primary set for March.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Cornyn said he's prepared all the same to fight off any threat from the right. The two-term incumbent raised $4-plus million during the first half of the year — more than any other GOP senator up for re-election — and appears poised to coast to another term unless a legitimate contender emerges soon.
There may still be time, but the Dec. 9 candidate filing deadline is now barely three months off.
More at http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/social-issues/cornyn-avoids-tea-party-primary-challenger-so-far/nZqBp/ .
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I love watching them eat each other up. The runner up is perfect. He can't even spell his name right 
Neal said FreedomWorks hasn't interviewed any challengers for Cornyn. The only conservative candidate to file against him is Iraq war veteran Erick Wyatt, who misspelled Republican on his election form and reported raising $25 as of April. In 2008, Cornyn's primary opponent was Larry SECEDE Kilgore — who has since changed his middle name from Scott and made it all capital letters to emphasize his support for Texas breaking away from America.
