Tea party out to defeat 3 longtime GOP senators

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WASHINGTON – What does a longtime Republican senator with a
national reputation for working well with Democrats do in the
face of a potentially career-ending tea party challenge? If
you're Richard Lugar of Indiana, you tell them to "get
real."

If you're Olympia Snowe of Maine, you fight off the
"Snowe Removal" effort by making key alliances with
tea party activists and highlighting your record of fiscal
conservatism.

And if you're Orrin Hatch of Utah, you woo them.

Lugar, Snowe and Hatch are all on notice that their approach
to governance may no longer be welcome.

It's clear the tea party — not even 2 years old — isn't going
away anytime soon after huge success in last fall's
congressional elections. Dozens of its favorite candidates —
Republicans who champion limited government and sharply
reduced spending — won House and Senate races. Now, the tea
party is empowered and turning its attention to vulnerable
Republicans up for re-election in 2012. How the three GOP
senators handle the tea party threat will go a long way to
determining whether the outcome mirrors that of 2010.


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I do hope Snowe loses, she was always the one the Senate
Democrats tried to get on their side and it was ridiculous
because she was like Lucy in Charlie Brown.

[Sinistrous]

1. K&R

[LeftishBrit]

2. First Law of Republican Politics

There is no one so right wing that they can't lose a primary to someone even further right!