Posted on 06/25/2014 11:02:20 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
National conservatives came up short Tuesday in Mississippi and Oklahoma. Maybe the Republican base just isn't as angry as they thought.
Tuesday's Republican primaries were the Tea Party's last chance. And the Tea Party struck out.
In Mississippi, challenger Chris McDaniel failed to dethrone six-term incumbent Senator Thad Cochran in the second round of their hard-fought contest. In Oklahoma, Representative James Lankford won by a massive margin over conservative favorite T.W. Shannon. The Tea Party industrial complex—groups like the Tea Party Patriots and FreedomWorks, figures like Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz—invested heavily in both races and came up short. Now both of these red states will almost assuredly send Republican senators to Washington who owe the national Tea Party nothing, and quite likely wish it ill.
Wasn't the Tea Party supposed to have come roaring back after then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his Virginia primary a couple of weeks ago? Conservatives hoped Cantor's toppling was a sign that there was more pent-up anti-incumbent sentiment than previously thought. But at this point, Cantor seems more an aberration than a portent. Part of the reason no one saw his defeat coming was that it cut so starkly against this trend.
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If there's any segment of the GOP that ought to have egg on its face, it's national Tea Party groups and figureheads. Dave Brat, the obscure college professor who took out Cantor, won largely without the help of these groups. Meanwhile, when they were the most heavily involved, in races that should have been favorable to them, they couldn't close the deal. The organizations claiming to speak for the Tea Party nationally do not appear to be plugged into the real grassroots or have the ability to mobilize effectively in support of the candidates they favor.
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The Tea Party groups in Oklahoma were AGAINST Shannon!
It helps that Lankford had the “non-endorsement endorsement” of Senator Coburn himself ... :-) ...
They didn’t “Blow it”, the Tea Party fought fair for this fight...
The GOPe literally gave a “Blow Job” to the Democrat Party so they could have their asses hauled out of the fire that was the McDaniel’s Campaign..
The title is indicative of the sic demented standard of “The Ends Justify the mean” bent that all the libs seem to worship.
What a liar.
The Republican Party has been dead since 2012 (or arguably earlier). Yesterday, the carcass began to stink.
Barf.
Bump your <|barf|>. Like Molly Ball or the trolls at The Atlantic are going to be taken seriously by anyone who wants to know what really happens in Tea Party politics and why.
They're too invested in wishing us all dead, for one thing.
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