In your world the GOP wins were in despite of the TP; yet the loses were because...you can't have it both ways.............You are a fool to think that the 2010 GOP gains would have been higher if the TP had NOT existed !
Originally Posted by Whirlaway
Yes, they would have won Nevada and the state where Christy O'Donnel was nominated.
Don't you get it?
They would have won more GOP Senate seats without electing those loons in the primary.
Shila Jackson Lee gets elected in a congresional district here but could not get elected nationally.
So yes you can have your loons elected in select regions but not nationally.
How hard is that to understand?
Prime example, we keep electing Rick Perry. Did you see how fast he sunk in the national polls?
The Tea Platform is to radical for the nation. Not because I say so but because it has been rejected by the nation. It will have to either moderate or the country will have to move further right.
Those are just facts Whirly.