Yeah, but Toomey got elected as part of the original TEA Party surge in 2010, and now he’s showing that he has been totally co-opted by the GOP-E. Time for him to get primaried next go around too.
Johnson (WI) came in with Tea-party surge as well.
He says he is no longer looking to repeal the health care law. He is pushing back hard against conservative voices calling for a shutdown over the president's immigration policy. He's touted his work with Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin to confirm Wisconsin judicial nominees. And in discussing his pending committee chairmanship, he points to Sen. Susan Collins and former independent Sen. Joe Lieberman as models of how he'd like to run the panel. Those aren't exactly the moves one would expect from a senator who is often lumped in ideologically with Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.IOW, they will solicit to form a Democratic constituency rather than a Republican one to stay in office.So what exactly is going on with Ron Johnson?
Johnson is one of half a dozen Republicans running in blue and purple states in 2016, all of whom were last elected in a midterm cycle, when voter turnout is typically much lower (and much more favorable to Republicans) than in a presidential year. All will have to work to appeal to independent and Democratic voters in their states.