Hogwash, Dana Milbank
If it was not for the Tea Party...those races would not be competitive. Conservatives would have stayed home, period, if RINOs like Dick Lugar were running.
The Tea Party may not be perfect (Marco Rubio in FL, Sarah Steelman instead of Todd Akin in MO), but gets it right most of the time
The GOP wins elections when it runs conservative candidates...because it brings out the base. The myth of “Moderates bring in independent voters” is a myth
“moderates”, “undecideds”, ~ they really don’t exist inside the voting booth.