A Kamikaze Republican and the Tea Party

September 14, 2010 06:09


In Tuesday’s Delaware primary, the tea party movement may inflict its most devastating wound yet to the Republican establishment.

By JONATHAN KARL and GREGORY SIMMONS at abc

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With an assist from Sarah Palin, tea party activists in Delaware are trying to defeat the Republican candidate with the best chance to win Joe Biden’s old Senate seat and nominate instead a candidate Republican leaders say has no chance of winning the general election in November.’

‘This one, however, may be the most bitterly divisive Republican primary yet. Republican leaders say an O’Donnell victory would destroy the state party and pretty much ruin any GOP chances of capturing Biden’s old seat.’

‘O’Donnell, who has also been endorsed by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and the NRA, called that “Republican cannibalism,” which she said is an indication of just how out of touch with their voters and desperate main stream Republicans have become.’

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