Citizens United Endorses George Allen

By Shaun Kenney | Thursday, February 10th, 2011 | Politics

This may not seem like big news, but if you’d ask Rand Paul and Marco Rubio about the early support of Citizens United, they’d tell you otherwise.  From the press release endorsing George Allen:

“Virginia will be the epicenter of the 2012 campaign,” said David N. Bossie, President of Citizens United. “George Allen is the true conservative in the race to take on the eventual Democrat nominee. Governor Allen has served the Commonwealth of Virginia with a steady conservative hand, and will bring those conservative values back to the United States Senate. Picking up the Virginia Senate seat is vital for Republicans to retake the majority in the United States Senate, and George Allen is the best candidate to achieve that goal.”

CUPVF was a supporter in the 2010 primaries for the successful candidacies of Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, Marco Rubio, Kelly Ayotte, Rob Portman, Mark Kirk, and Roy Blunt. When CUPVF endorsed Paul and Rubio very early on, they were considered long shots.

CUPVF also supported Scott Brown, Ron Johnson, Dan Coats, John Boozman, Jerry Moran, John Hoeven, and Mike Lee in their victorious general election efforts. CUPVF supported only non-incumbents on the Senate side in 2010.

Not exactly an organization you would call RINO, nor are the list of endorsees what you’d call milquetoast conservatives.

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