Tea Party to cost GOP the Senate (again)

Here's how public affairs blogger Mark Kogan sums up the Tea Party's weighing down the GOP in its race to control the Senate:

If the numbers continue trending the way they are, the Tea Party will be responsible for single-handedly delivering five Senate seats to the Democrats in two election cycles. Beyond that 10 vote swing, 2012’s Tea Party Senate candidates have also all but ensured that the Democrats will retain their 51 seat majority in the Senate. Even in the unlikely case that all six “toss-up” races go in favor of Republicans on Tuesday, the Democrats would still hold a majority thanks to Tea Party supported candidates. In short, Republican dreams of retaking the Senate in 2012 have again been demolished by a kooky cadre of Tea Party nominees that seem to specialize in little more than torpedoing their own campaigns and their party’s hopes for congressional control.

Indeed, let's recall these famous Tea Party casualties in 2010 Senate races: Christine O'Donnell in Delaware; Joe Miller in Alaska; Sharron Angle in Nevada; and Ken Buck in Colorado.  

And several Tea Party freshman are in trouble this November: Reps. Allen West (R-Fla.), Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) and Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) are all likely losers.  Personally, I'll be glad that Allen West will have more time at home to spend with his beloved wife in exactly the way he wants.

Regardless of the outcome in the presidential race, I'll be eager to see the (negative) results next week for the GOP thanks to the Tea Party.