They did the same with my congressman in 08. He voted against the bailouts and the party suddenly declared him to be a lost cause and stripped him of funding. He lost by a whopping 2% of the vote. In 2010 the tea party returned him to congress despite at least one party backed GOP challenger.
I believe they did the same with Virgil Goode that year.
It feels liberating to no longer be a Republican, or have to defend the GOP when they through Conserives overboard. Hell, we can catch Conservatives like Michele or Virgil Goode and forge our own path away from the Liberal Dominated Republicans.
We need a Conservative-Liberatian-Tea Party Alliance Party, NO MORE PROGRESSIVES!