Angle was just a weak candidate. The Tea Party brought great energy to this cycle but at the same time cost us several seats. Maybe Colorado.
Long term we’re better off. Lose some now, get stronger later.
Plus, a GOP Senate probably would have HELPED Obama in 2012.
Angle was just a weak candidate. The Tea Party brought great energy to this cycle but at the same time cost us several seats. Maybe Colorado.
(1) There would have been no wave at all.
(2) Russ Feingold would have won reelection in Wisconsin (remember, Johnson only got in the race after being inspired to run by attending a Tea Party rally).
(3) Charlie Crist (FL), Bob Bennett (UT), & Lisa Murkowski (AK) would have all cruised to an easy victory for reelection. The Tea Party candidates that defeated them in the primary are all a significant improvement when it comes to conservative principles.
(4) The GOP would have drifted even farther towards “Democrat lite” if the Tea Party movement had not emerged to drag the GOP back to towards conservatism. Leaving us with no real alternative to the Democrat/liberal agenda.
Has the Tea Party movement been perfect? No, but overall the good the Tea Party movement has done far, far outweighs any mistakes it may have committed.
Bottom line: blaming the Tea Party movement for any shortcommings in this election cycle is uncalled for. It is like being given a brand new car and then getting upset when you discover the new (free) car’s interior has cloth instead of leather seats.
The word for that is ingratitude, and that’s what we’re seeing from too many GOP insiders today. The Tea Party brough the GOP back from the brink of destruction and now they complain that the Tea Party didn’t provide a clean-sweep victory.
Ingratitude. Plain and simple ingratitude.