Yes, the Democrats will do this on a very large scale in 2012. The left is banking that ignorant conservative voters who are not paying much attention and are sympathetic to the Tea Party will just vote for anyone with the label Tea Party after the candidates name. Sadly, quite a few will.
NY26 was even worse though. In NY 26 the orginal Tea Party backed candidate, Bellavia, actually endorsed Jack Davis when he didn’t get the Republican nomination to run for this seat. It was obviously sour grapes, but the fact that the preferred Tea Party candidate did something like this shows that the NY Tea Party continues to be an awful judge of character and candidates (remember that clown Paladino). Additionally, at least one actual Tea Party organizer and some of his supporters backed Davis.
Most real Tea Party groups backed Corwin, but there were enough renegades (including their original preferred candidate Bellavia) who went off the reservation in an obvious attempt to sabotage this election and throw it to the Democrat. Apparently for some NY Tea Partiers, if they can’t get their way they will actively work to undermine the Republicans.
New York 26- that says it all. Nothing to me on issues.
Just like the wife abuser hey? The old, I can’t have her so no one will and the abuser kills his wife.