What I am seeing out here in WA, is the unions taking over the GOP. If the unions are running into opposition from the Green Democrats, they are running their own candidate as a Republican or buying themselves an established Republican.
Last year we had two members of the Fire Fighters Union running against each other, one as a Democrat and one as a Republican. We have former heads of the teachers union running the Tea Party group and teaching the constitution course, all the while pushing the union agenda. Like I mentioned before, the former head of the WA state GOP is now a paid lobbyist for the SEIU.
What I am also seeing is that Mitt Romney was picked by the GOP establishment in this state, last year, and I think that this union strategy is part of the elect Romney plan. Someone should pin Romney down on where he stands on public sector unions.
It's much the same in MA, RI, CT and NY. In truth, there is no real Republican Party in those states. That's why the Constitution Party has a decent following in NY.