New Coalition Promises "Big Trouble" For RINOS and "Non-Conservative Candidates" in August Primary

Over at the conservative RiteOn blog, conservative activist and website founder Chuck MacNab writes about a meeting at the offices of Sen. Jim Lembke he says he attended on Saturday.  According to MacNab, Lembke was joined by Sen. Jane Cunningham and representatives of numerous other conservative organizations and campaigns to focus on three goals for the 2010 elections.

A dedicated group of experienced conservative leaders met for about 4 hours in State Senator Jim Lembke's office in St. Louis Saturday morning, January 9. RiteOn observed a common view and single mindedness among these area leaders that, if allowed to mature, could spell big trouble for RINOS and liberals and impact the status of many who currently believe they control the Republican Party.

Three objectives emerged from the meeting:

- To replace non-conservative candidates and office holders with conservatives in the August Primary elections.

- To make certain a conservative candidate wins in the General election in November.

- To support conservative sponsored ballot issues and to defeat those issues the group opposes.

MacNab says the group of like-minded folks have named themselves the "Eastern Missouri Patriot Express," and the group apparently includes the support of Ed Martin, Allen Icet, Brian Nieves, Shane Schoeller, Paul Curtman, Phyllis Schafly's Eagle Forum and others.

Given their now-public threats of "big trouble" for the RINOS and "many who currently believe they control the Republican Party," it seems like Lembke, Cunninham, Martin, Icet, Nieves and Schoeller should all be called to be a little more specific about who they think are the "non-conservative" candidates on the August ballot, and which RINOS they want to see ousted from the GOP.