Zero tea party candidates are ahead in next Tuesday’s big primaries. Zero.

Zero tea party candidates are ahead in next Tuesday’s big primaries. Zero.

By Jaime Fuller at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/15/zero-tea-party-candidates-are-ahead-in-next-tuesdays-big-primaries-zero/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd

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The way to win in the Republican Party these days, the primary trend seems to imply, is to have everyone utterly confused about where your allegiance lies -- but to also keep the establishment happy, even if invisibly.

The Republican candidates leading the polls in the biggest primaries next Tuesday follow the same script. Zero of them are challengers from the right, although plenty are conservative enough to keep you wondering.

In Georgia, there are multiple tea party candidates to choose from in the Republican Senate primary. A millionaire businessman and 22-year veteran of Congress are in the lead, and will likely shut the tea party out of the presumed runoff. In the Republican primary for Idaho's 2nd District seat, incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson seems safe from tea party challenger Bryan Smith, although polling is scarce. Club for Growth, a conservative group known for spending big on tea party challengers, has been silent in the race the past few weeks.




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