I'm not sure the world needs yet another right-wing Super PAC, but the premise behind this latest one is to be as far-right as possible. You know, a place that props up nutcases that the rest of the party
doesn't want to be caught dead with:
Former Rep. Jeff Landry, who lost his bid for reelection last year, will helm a group dubbed Restore Our Republic. The goal of the super PAC, he told POLITICO, is to give conservatives aligned with the GOP’s activist base the same outside support that establishment-side Republicans get from independent expenditure groups.
Assisting Landry in the enterprise is Republican strategist Nachama Soloveichik, a former senior aide to Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey and a onetime spokesperson for the conservative Club for Growth.
Actually, it seems the primary goal of the new Super PAC is to be a vehicle for Jeff Landry to remain relevant and/or paid, but that pretty much goes without saying.
Landry, who has been viewed as a possible Louisiana Senate candidate in 2014, said launching Restore Our Republic doesn’t necessarily close other doors for his political future.
This is good news for
John McCain liberals. Having a group out there sucking up conservative money and sending it to the
least electable candidates is, on balance, a very good thing; in addition to the obvious money-burning attributes, it will also nicely highlight all the crackpots that even the current,
very crackpot-friendly Republican Party wants to keep chained to a pipe in the party basement. So go nuts, Landry. Let's see what the "activist base" considers leadership material these days.