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But it is safe to say, that Democrats aren't feeling all giddy about November 2. But the tea baggers--though they may be relatively small in number--are a big enough force to oust "establishment" GOP candidates, in favor of their uber-conservative folks. I'm sure they're whooping it up now, after Tuesday's last big primaries, chalking up a couple more victories. Democrats are less excited, of course, but things are looking up! Huh? Yeah, looking up. But we're looking up through our fingers. Sharron Angle, the cartoon character the tea party favorite may win. But she may not. Harry Reid was in dire trouble before she came along, and now he may hold onto his seat. A similar scenario is playing out all across the country, with extreme GOP newbies running against Democrats who look positively moderate by comparison.
Chances are, a few from each side will win. And Democrats have had their odds increase in their favor. This is of course at the risk of some of the craziest of the crazy winning some of the contests. If they do, they will have a spotlight on them, and will either a) govern crazy and alienate the mainstream, or b) moderate, and turn off the tea bagger base (hello, Scott Brown!). If they choose a), they will increase the odds of a Democratic victory in 2012. Trouble is, we'll have to live through it.
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Christine O'Donnell, Tea Party Insurgent, Stuns Mike Castle in Delaware
Christine O'Donnell, an insurgent Tea Party candidate and Sarah Palin protege, stunned nine-term Rep. Mike Castle and the Republican Party establishment Tuesday night when she trounced the former two-term governor, 53 percent to 47 percent. Not only is the Delaware Senate seat seen as crucial for control of the Senate, it is also the seat formerly occupied by Vice President Joe Biden. . .
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Whether you love her (me) or hate her, James, you have to give Sarah Palin credit. A lot of her candidates are winning, even though they were underdogs. A lot of RINO's took a collective dump in their pants tonight as the Tea Party candidate won tonight in Delaware even though the GOP head honchos wanted the RINOs.
ReplyDeleteNovember will be interesting. Maybe the Dem's can beat the Tea Party but maybe the Tea Party candidates will be better financed now and beat the Dem's.
Maybe we do a bet on this???
I don't exactly HATE Sarah Palin. I reserve that emotion for Cheneys. I'm also not sure that her batting average is yet above .500, but okay. The thing is, by weeding out RINOs, you're left with hard-right--dare I say it--extremists. This might work for 2010, since the swing voters necessary to keep them from winning are not enthused about voting.
ReplyDeleteBut if all of the tea party candidates actually WIN, they will then be forced to govern. I'm thinking THAT will wake up the swing voters, and disenchanted Democrats, and that they'll be significantly more interested in voting in 2012.
We were worn out after 2008, and are in a state of malaise (insert Jimmy Carter joke here). But if the political landscape becomes even more far right than it looked in 2007, the army of voters that threw out the Republicans in '08 will be anxious to do it again.