Third, some of the earlier successes have been regressing. Rubio is pushing the Dream Act, while Rand Paul has started saying some pretty un conservative things.
Cruz was a definite victory. But Jeff Flake is a serious step backward from Kyl. I don't' know if the Tea Party backed Flake but I assume they did as Palin did.
That was unclear, the tea party supported Steelman and not Akin, and one national group supported Brunner, so what portion was the problem?