So yeah, the Tea Party hilariously screwed the GOP last night.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Delaware was the only state that the GOP would have won if it were not for the tea party. And Mike Castle would have made an awful, awful senator.

 

That's still not a majority in the Senate.  While the Tea Party did hurt the GOP, they didn't cost us the Senate.

And I wouldn't exactly blame Ken Buck... he wasn't your stereotypical Tea Party candidate (I don't know if I'd even call him a Tea Partier).

Ken Buck openly attacked the tea party as "dumbasses". I haven't forgotten that, and I have little sympathy for him upon his impending defeat, despite being quite distraught over Nevada and Alaska. I'm sure there were plenty of people in Colorado who shared this sentiment at being called a "dumbass". With Buck trailing by a margin smaller than the Libertarian Party's percentage, Buck might have brought upon his own demise.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Apparently the Republican establishment disagrees with all those extolling the virtues of the Tea Party and its favorite candidates.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44676.html

Haha, that makes it all worthwhile.

I like how Lindsey Graham, who is basically a hardcore authoritarian and warmonger, an ideological soulmate to Joe Lieberman, is considered a representative of the "pragmatic" wing of the GOP.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Well, he does keep writing it Thune/Pence.

Is Jmfcst a 16-year-old girl?!?

sorry, but you E+9/S-9 types will have to take a seat in the back of the bus.  I'm looking to nominate a statesman in 2012, not a hemorrhoid.

Sorry, you got your president already from 2001-2009. Americans don't want to go back to your way of doing things.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Apologies for the admittedly somewhat snarky tone of the thread. My fault.

I stand by my point, though - the Tea Party indisputably - indisputably- cost the Republican three Senate seats they would have otherwise gained. Nevada, Delaware (!), and Colorado.

"Indisputably"? LOL. The Tea Party did not cause the losses in Nevada and Colorado.

They didn't really cost anything in Delaware either, as Mike Castle would have had a worse voting record than many Democrats.

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LePage's victory has sealed Snowe's fate in Maine. Her only hope is to stop being a moderate hero and try to appeal to the tea party.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Apologies for the admittedly somewhat snarky tone of the thread. My fault.

I stand by my point, though - the Tea Party indisputably - indisputably- cost the Republican three Senate seats they would have otherwise gained. Nevada, Delaware (!), and Colorado.

"Indisputably"? LOL. The Tea Party did not cause the losses in Nevada and Colorado.

They didn't really cost anything in Delaware either, as Mike Castle would have had a worse voting record than many Democrats.

I've gotta disagree with you there, Libertas. You don't think Tarkanian would have landslided against Reid? Bennet only won by a point against Buck, surely Norton could have easily defeated him.

As for Delaware, well, that was the Tea Party view, I guess.

No, I don't. Reid would have found a way to win somehow.

Buck was not a real tea partier and he failed to motivate and unite the tea party vote.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

LePage's victory has sealed Snowe's fate in Maine. Her only hope is to stop being a moderate hero and try to appeal to the tea party.

If she does get primaried she'll pull a Crist. Except she would probably win with 60% of the vote even then..

No, she'd pull a Murkowski, not a Crist, since as you pointed out, she'd win.

Snowe would hardly be guaranteed a win, especially after what we just saw with a tea party Republican beating a Democrat and a competitive independent.