{{Cquote|This is just plain wrong. We’re ignoring the will of the people. I believe government should answer to the people, not the other way around.<ref name=bentonFEC/>}}
{{Cquote|This is just plain wrong. We’re ignoring the will of the people. I believe government should answer to the people, not the other way around.<ref name=bentonFEC/>}}
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Benton believes in "common-sense conservatism" and criticized Murray as "moving in lock-step" with [[President Obama]] on an agenda to nationalize banks, medicine and the auto industry.<ref name=seattletimes/> Inspired in part by [[Republican]] Sen. [[Scott Brown|Scott Brown's]] upset victory in [[Massachusetts]], Don Benton retained the same consulting team behind Brown's candidacy.
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Benton believes in "common-sense conservatism" and criticized [[Patty Murray]] as "moving in lock-step" with [[President Obama]] on an agenda to nationalize banks, medicine and the auto industry.<ref name=seattletimes/> Inspired in part by [[Republican]] Sen. [[Scott Brown|Scott Brown's]] upset victory in [[Massachusetts]], Don Benton retained the same consulting team behind Brown's candidacy.