What's going on: Tea party victories could complicate election for Republican Party

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Robert Craig / The News Journal, via APSenate candidate Christine O'Donnell talks to voters in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday. O'Donnell is in a Republican primary battle with Rep. Mike Castle for a U.S. Senate seat.

From The New York Times:

As the long and turbulent primary season of the midterm election campaign drew to a close on Monday, the Republican establishment was placing its confidence on hold and bracing for the prospect that voters in yet another state would send a message of defiance to party leaders in Washington.
The Senate primary in Delaware on Tuesday was prompting anxiety among party officials, who feared that a victory by Christine O’Donnell, a candidate backed by the Tea Party, could complicate Republican efforts to win control of the Senate. Republican leaders rushed to the aid of Representative Michael N. Castle, a moderate lawmaker and former governor, as internal party warfare — including accusations of a death threat — intensified on the eve of the primary.

“We need to prove to the Republican Party that we need to move it to the right, that we need to move back to good basic values and the Constitution,” said Lynn Brannon, a leading Tea Party activist in Delaware. “I will have a little bit of regret, but the Republicans need to learn their lesson: that we want things to go back to the right.”

» Read the story: GOP Braces for More Discontent in Primaries [The New York Times]
» Christine O'Donnell and 5 other races where Sarah Palin's nod counted [The Christian Science Monitor]
» Elections in Delaware, New Hampshire and New York measure strength of the tea party movement [The Associated Press]

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