On 10/15/2010 12:22 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:04 AM, SA<s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> New York Times
>> October 14, 2010
>> Tea Party Set to Win Enough Races for Wide Influence
>> By KATE ZERNIKE
> In which we read:
>
>> Still, the bulk of the Tea Party candidates are running in districts that
>> are solidly Democratic, meaning that most Tea Party efforts — no matter how
>> energetic — are likely to register as basically a protest vote.
> and
>
>> But as establishment Republicans feared, the Tea Party has also handed
>> opportunities to the Democrats by nominating candidates who have struggled.
and
> 33 Tea Party-backed candidates are in tossup races or running in House
> districts that are solidly or leaning Republican, and 8 stand a good
> or better chance of winning Senate seats.
To recap, out of 33 Senate races this year, TP candidates have a "good or better" chance of winning 8 of them. At that rate, if all seats were up for election this year, a quarter of the Senate could be filled by Tea Partiers.
SA