I forget who said it best but the traditional attitude of Rove and co. to peasants like ourselves after every election has always been:
“Thank you for your help, now go away.”
The house-cleaning must continue.
“To the Republican establishment, tea party people are field hands. Their labors are to be recognized and rewarded, but they are to stay off the porch and not presume to sit at the master’s table.
And what O’Donnell did, with her amazing victory, is to imperil that establishment’s return to power. That is why these Republicans went ballistic.”
That’s Buchanan’s take.