Yes, you are correct about the national level thingie.
It's usually assumed when one says "this is a national race" that it means that the race a great impact on the whole populace, not just those in the district where a candidate is running.
Neumann has antagonized the state GOP
Good, the GOP-e needs to be irritated enought to get them to change.
Tommy, Hovde & Fitzgerald will all be able to unify the party behind their candidacies. Neumann only grudgingly so.
All the more reason to support Neumann, if that is their attitude.
So the GOP won't go all out to get Neumann elected if he is the candidate?
Another example of the GOP marginalizing themselves by not supporting a tea party principled candidate.
Fortunately, this is a free country and the TPX is allowed to help out anywhere in the nation as far as I know.
I'm correct about most things in life.
It's usually assumed when one says "this is a national race" that it means that the race a great impact on the whole populace, not just those in the district where a candidate is running.
One should not assume anything. Per Felix Unger - when you assume, you make an ASS of U and ME. And to most observers here you are doing a bang-up job on parts 1&2 of that aphorism.
And no, this race won't have a great impact on the entire nation unless the WRONG candidate (Neumann) emerges in the primary and loses in the general election. There will only be slight difference to the rest of the country if Tommy is elected Senator instead of Hovde, Fitzgerald or even Neumann.
Good, the GOP-e needs to be irritated enought to get them to change.
But what you fail to recognize is that Wisconsin is the one state in the country where the TEA Parties and the GOP-e have worked most in tandem. The GOP-e in Wisconsin has changed and worked very hard to be inclusive of TEA Party principles. Scott Walker has incorporated them into his policies and programs and Reince Priebus smartly included them in the Wisconsin GOP's 2010 election strategies. Being inclusive of TEA Partiers is the number one of reason Priebus was promoted to head the national GOP.
If you or TPX had a even a small clue about Wisconsin politics, you would have known that and known not make a poor and divisive primary choice.
So the GOP won't go all out to get Neumann elected if he is the candidate?
Quite possibly, no. Neumann really pissed off a lot of Wisconsin Republicans and conservatives over the last 2 years. And Neumann disappointed a lot of Republicans and conservatives when he refused to run for Senate in 2000, 2004 & 2006.
Another example of the GOP marginalizing themselves by not supporting a tea party principled candidate.
For the umpteenth time, Neumann is NOT the only TEA Party principled candidate in the race. And to most Wisconsin TEA Partiers, Neumann is viewed as less reliably TEA Party conservative principled than Fitzgerald and Hovde. In Wisconsin, the GOP is not marginalizing itself. TPX is marginalizing itself.
Fortunately, this is a free country and the TPX is allowed to help out anywhere in the nation as far as I know.
Yes, it's a free country. And yes, TPX is allowed to meddle wherever they want. But in Wisconsin, TPX is doing dishonor and disservice to the TEA Party brand.
Again, please tell me why you and TPX are so right, and LouD are so wrong about Wisconsin politics. As stated before, I feel like I'm asking Sir Ignatius Gumby why he thinks the Battle of Tralfalgar was fought on dry land (if you don't understand the refernce, see YouTube).