So, now the Tea Baggers are going to go after Republican senators who are up for reelection in red states. In particular, they are gunning for Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Thad Cochran of Mississippi. Of course, Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi is getting a neo-conservative challenge from Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz.
I guess at least part of the assumption here is that the Democrats don’t have any candidates who they can field in these states who could beat a badly divided Republican Party. That may or may not be true, but making a go of these races is starting to look more attractive to Democrats, so recruitment should get easier.
And the divisions are real. With conservatives having just orchestrated the shutdown fiasco and now vowing to block any immigration reform in the House, the business community is absolutely beside itself with fury.
Everywhere you look, you can see articles about how Establishment Republicans are trying to figure out how to defang the Tea Party:
Washington Post
Politico
Bloomberg
Charlie Cook
