Exactly.
The MSM and Democrats fear the Tea Party ideas and candidates far greater than anything else.
What they really want is Milquetoast Republicans like Olympia Snowe who vote the Democrat line.
If the Liberals can get enough RINOs into the Senate, they can let the Tea Party have their victories, let the baby have his bottle, and still get their agenda passed unscathed.
But if we toss out the RINOs and get true Conservatives into the Senate, the jig is up, and the agenda dies.