2014? What race, specifically?
Everything is not as simple as an A vs B narrative like talk radio presents.
I know Rush, Hannity and Levin are telling you this stuff. They create this simple world for listeners.
If the GOPe forces Tea party to spend THEIR OWN money defending their candidates like in VA in the general election (by not helping them with theirs), then they (Tea party) have less money to use in 2014 GOP primaries, ie US Senate races.