re: #29 EPR-radar

I think the tea party infection actually is why they had such weak candidates to begin with. The rank and file GOP is scared shitless of the tea party and the constituency that follows them. This is why they couldn’t nominate a conservative with any sort of scruples or common sense. I’d almost bet my (non-existent) fortune that just as many GOP members of government get threats and assorted forms of intimidation as Dems do. Throw in the threat of big money primary challenges if they disobey orders and you end up with the fun filled fiesta of fuckery that was the GOP primary and Mitt’s run for President.