Republicans may have another hurdle in their efforts to unseat Elizabeth Warren

[DonViejo]

By Frank Phillips GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 17, 2018

Gabriel Gomez, the former Navy SEAL and onetime GOP US Senate nominee, might be on the verge of creating more problems for state Republicans who are trying to unseat Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

Gomez, who has weaved in and out of the Republican voter registration lists over the last few years, is sending out signals he is considering running against Warren as an independent — a move that, by siphoning off anti-Warren votes, would probably drag down the GOP nominee in the general election.

That news couldn’t be more pleasing to Warren and her political team.

Gomez would be the second deep-pocketed former Republican in the general election — already an uphill battle for the GOP. Shiva Ayyadurai, a wealthy high-tech entrepreneur ready to spend his personal funds, dropped out of the Republican Senate primary several months ago to run as an independent in the fall election.

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[gordianot]

1. Amazing the number of Navy Seal candidates.

For a secretive covert force they seem to have a lot of political candidates. Some the caliber of Greitens in MO seem to think being trained by the Seals is sufficient to a political career.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Really...these guys seem to think they're god's gift to mankind...

Our police and firefighters are in the line of battle for 20 years or more, and a lot of them would be much better suited as a representative for us (based upon the ones I know personally).

Don't get me wrong, anybody that serves for the public good is a gift to us all, but there is a lot of abuse there, e.g., Greitens spending $700 K in grooming himself for governorship...