Analysis of Establishment vs Tea Party Senate Candidates

[cotton1706]

I've gotten a little tired of the constant talk about the Tea Party losing the senate for the republicans so I did the below analysis. It's not exact and every state had its own issues but according to this, the Tea Party has had six wins and six losses, while the establishment has had four wins and seven losses

Note: I left our Berg (ND) and Rehberg (MT) since there was no real defined Tea Party/Establishment fight, but if those are thrown into the Establishment column, that makes four wins and NINE losses for the Establishment.

Also, I've thrown in the Missouri race at the bottom to remind people that Akin was NOT the Tea Party preferred candidate but the democrat funded candidate used to throw the election (which worked!)

Left to right: Establishment Preferred, Tea Party Preferred, Eventual nominee, Win/Loss

[RobbyS]

Akin’s comment was totally dumb. Yes, women who are raped are less likely to become pregnant than women who are “willing.” But rape is by definition a violent act. No where in his original statement or in his apologies show an adequate appreciation of this fact. As to Rove et al, I do agree that they cut him no slack at all, because—truth be told—Rove and much of the Rublican-e is pro-choice.

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