I respectfully disagree with your statement. Just because the GOP picked up a majority, the TEA party is not even close to being in charge or having a majority in NH. If the TEA party was as you described, Jack Kimball would be Gov today.
The NH GOP is full of RINO’s, that is just a fact. Please explain the “Republicans for Lynch” crowd and why they are still the insiders at the State Level GOP? Why is Sununu not backing Kimball for GOP Chair? Who is Julianne Bergeron? (I will help you, a first class, RINO) Why is Judas Gregg on the advisory boards of several Repbulican State level think tanks? Sorry to take you away from talk radio, from Mass no less, and the Union Leader in to reality.
Mitt didn’t win last time, it’s worse for him now. Way worse. By the primaries, do you think conservatives, moderate Republicans, even RINO’s are going to be more status quo, or more radicalized. I’m betting the economy becomes more of a grind, that more move right, and the right moves more conservative.
So, what’s Mitt going to do, be Mr. Conservative? Have Pat Buchanan standing next to him?
Who wins NH isn’t going to be an anointed GOP hack. He/she is going to have to run against the party.