Last night in the primary, for Joe Biden’s old seat, GOP handpicked candidate and moderate republican Mike Castle, lost to tea party darling Christine O Donnell. O’Donnell is so far to the extreme that even Karl Rove can\'t stand her.
This is not the first time though, Another sane Republican Sen. Bob Bennett(R-Utah) was also beaten in his primary. Then there is Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) who was also ousted by a “tea party” candidate.
The republican party did not know what they were up against when they unleashed the fury of the “tea party” upon our country last summer. While they have been able to rein it in and and control the message in some places, they have obviously failed miserably in others. Dick Armey, founder of the tea party movement, has even said he wont back Christine O Donnell.
Like Bob Bennett before him, Mike Castle has some harsh words to say about the Republican talking heads.
CASTLE: I think the misrepresentations and the lies of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh on the air were another very significant part of all of this. I think some of the misrepresentations in my opponent’s race were a part of it as well. How they ever came up with the theory that I voted to impeach George Bush, I’ll never know. That was the news for a couple days right around the election time — by, I think, Mr. Limbaugh. But those are the kinds of things that make politics very difficult.
Now here is my prediction. Its too late this election cycle, but I think next election cycle some Republican will denounce Fox news, Hannity, Limbaugh, etc… BEFORE they lose. I think this will worry who ever does it, but they will soon find out that they have overwhelming support and will become a new leader of the republican party. Thus creating a chasm in the party but one that brings it back to the center(and relevancy), The days of the loons are coming to an
end.
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