Alabama Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus states the obvious: ‘Palin cost us control of the Senate’.

“The Senate would be Republican today except for states (in which Palin endorsed candidates) like Christine O’Donnell in Delaware,” Bachus said, according to the Shelby County Reporter. “Sarah Palin cost us control of the Senate.”

Sarah Palin endorsed the farthest right, most socially conservative candidates the GOP had to offer. Some of them seemed certifiably insane. Bachus is on target with this comment; it’s the simple truth.

So, of course, he was forced to walk back his criticism, because it’s the Tea Party’s world and truth is out of style.

But on Monday, a Bachus spokesman seemed to walk back the Alabama Republican’s comments.

“Congressman Bachus, like other political observers, said that seats in states like Delaware and Nevada could have been won by stronger candidates and that’s a lesson going forward,” said Bachus spokesman Tim Johnson.

“As the article noted, he was extremely complimentary of the Tea Party movement and Governor Palin in crediting them with the great turnout of conservatives that led to many of the successes on Tuesday,” Johnson said.