It matters. This is a very heavily Republican district. The party will claim it means nothing, but it will scare the wits out of Republicans in "this Congress" from advancing much more in the way of entitlement reforms.
Yes, there was a fake TEA Party candidate, but even that is bad news. The left will see that some dunderheads will vote for anything with a TEA Party after their name and run many more just like all over the country in 2012.
It's the new democrat tactic and working like a charm. Talk radio has been on board for over a year.... conservatives guaranteeing that democrats will be elected.
It's too bad how stupid people can be....