Logic and reason? Spare me. If Cochran pulls this off and wins in the general, the GOP-E will use this despicable tactic against the Tea Party whenever there is a serious primary challenge. The base cannot let this stand. The GOP-E has to know there is a line and they just crossed it big-time. We don't have to vote against every GOP-E congresscritter. But IMO it is imperative to send a clear message here. Namely, to the GOP-E, Alinksy the Tea Party at your own peril.
The GOP-E has shown, time and time again, that they will fight harder against the Tea Party than against the Dems - even though the Tea Party gave them their house majority in 2010. If the GOP loses ones Senate seat in teaching them that there is a boundary, so be it. After all, they had no problem stabbing Tea Party primary winners in the back in 2010.
And here is how another great Tea Party victory turned out in the general election: the Dems gained a seat:
Sen. Richard Lugar defeated by tea party challenger
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/09/nation/la-na-lugar-election-20120509
“Conservative rival Richard Mourdock easily wins Indiana’s Republican Senate primary over the 35-year incumbent. He will face Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly in the general election.”
Followed by:
Joe Donnelly upsets Richard Mourdock in Indiana
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83440.html
“Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly pulled off a stunning upset over Republican Richard Mourdock in the Indiana Senate race — a battle that the GOP thought was a sure win until the final days of the campaign.”