GOP's New Senate Class Could Be Conservative Vanguard

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National Journal:

The GOP class of 2010 marches in step on most issues, determined to cut Washington down to size.
Ronald Brownstein
Sept. 25, 2010

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Ken Buck, the Republican Senate nominee in Colorado, is a veteran prosecutor and the district attorney of Weld County. But it wasn't a closing argument that he delivered during a debate here last weekend with Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. It was more like a call to arms.

"We have expressed our opinions to Washington, D.C.," Buck began.

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Few of the 2010 Republicans believe they are being sent to the Senate to compromise with Obama -- or to defer to a GOP leadership that several have portrayed as part of the problem. "I really think that many of the folks who are going to go there think it is much more important to change the dynamics in Washington than it is to get re-elected," Buck said in an interview. "As a result, I think there will be a period of time in the Republican caucus where there will be some friction, some anxiety, maybe misunderstanding."

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Graphic: Few Differences On Issues