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

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Let's see, Republicans gained as many seats as Democrats did in 2006, and gained more seats in one cycle than Democrats did in two very good cycles.

Sure, relative to predictions, they fell short in the Senate, but keep this in perspective. It was a huge wave.

And, as I have said over and over, this year would have likely been an average midterm without the Tea Party.

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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.

He called BIRTHERS dumbasses.

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Yes, the Dems were slaughtered last night, but at least we did a bit better than expected in the Senate races, primarily due to the tea party. In fact, but for the teabaggers the GOP would likely control both houses now.

Uh, no. Without the Tea Party defining the narrative and getting GOP enthusiasm up, the Republicans would have been lucky to win the House.

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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

Again, before the Tea Party, the Democrats were competitive in NH, KY, OH, and FL. WA and WI were considered out of reach. The Tea Party didn't directly cause that, but the enthusiasm, turnout, and narrative it created did.