[MacNaughton]

I agree with many of the sentiments expressed here tonight - poor vetting of TEA Party candidates, no $ for TEA Party candidates, beaucoup $ from GOPe troughs, voter apathy, and too many TEA Party candidates splitting the vote thus allowing the incumbent GOPe to advance.

Not sure that I agree with election fraud this go around. I have long thought that too many GOP state committees have killed the GOP by letting the primaries remain "open", thus allowing Demonrats to cross over and negatively affect the results. As Stanton Evans called it, the GOP is the "stupid party."

[Viennacon]

I just don’t think we can impact these races anymore. Too many infiltrators etc.

Best option now is to focus all efforts on electing really radical conservatives to local and state positions. You might say this is useless because of all the federal mandates, but if you get enough radical conservatives elected, they will just ignore the laws from Mordor on the Potomac. Laws are only as good as those who are willing to enforce them.

[Truth29]

"As Stanton Evans called it, the GOP is the "stupid party.""

Or the GOP is just fulfilling its mission of being the Democrat auxiliary. The uniparty rolls on.

[savedbygrace]

I have long thought that too many GOP state committees have killed the GOP by letting the primaries remain "open", thus allowing Demonrats to cross over and negatively affect the results.

That is the key. As long as GOP primaries, especially the early ones, are open, the GOPe will remain in power. The GOPe is, in effect, the DimLight Party.

[A'elian' nation]

I also favor closed primaries, but I would think that in open primaries the dimrats would cross over and vote for the tea party candidate thinking that he or she would be easier to defeat in the general.

Why would a dimrat vote for a republican incumbent unless he was really tainted ?