Posted on 05/27/2010 10:37:15 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
State lawmaker Raul Labrador beat party establishment pick Vaughn Ward to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st District this week. While Ward was supported by the national party, Labrador received the support of Idaho's largest Tea Party Group, Tea Party Boise. The question that immediately comes to mind is just what effect did the Tea Party group's support have on the race?
Labrador won in a 47.6 percent to 38.9 percent tally on Wednesday afternoon. Sadly it was again a low-turnout at the polls.
Late in the race Tea Party Boise endorsed Labrador as campaign troubles mounted for party pick Vaughn Ward. Labrador had trouble throughout raising money, but still won the primary. One wonders if the support of Tea Party Boise was enough to bridge the money gap for Labrador?
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Could be. It was nowhere as close as it was expected to be. Tea Party or not, it was definitely an eye-opener for the RNC. I don’t think they’re all that happy with it, either.
Palin endorsed Ward.
Yes, Ward was definitely supposed to be one of the Republican establishment’s “young guns” (their name, not mine). If Palin wants to run she has to play ball with the Powers That Be, until they become the Powers That Were. That may be what we’re seeing here. She needs to be careful they don’t take her campaign down with them.
We are having an issue in Nevada where a California based Tea Party group has gotten involved in our US Senate race. There are at least three Tea Party worthy people in the race and rather than wait until the people of Nevada made their choice, TPX swooped in and endorsed Sharron Angle.
When asked about their endorsement they came unglued. They also asked one of the top three candidates to drop out of the race to give their "chosen one" a better shot at winning. No matter how they slice it they can't justify that tactic.
I am sick at the thought that if Angle pulls out the primary we will have another term of Harry Reid. Time will tell - and I just keep praying for His will in this election.
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