They're not laughing at the Tea Party movement any more. Tea Party favorite Joe Miller is the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was essentially handed the job by her father, in 2002 when he resigned that seat and became governor, conceded this evening.He will be the next Last Frontier senator. In a Tweet, political consultant Larry Sabato said, "AK is not going to have 2 D U.S. senators. It's a miracle Dems got Begich(D) elected in '08. Miller will be part of growing Tea Party caucus."
Miller's win is a triumph not just for the Tea Party movement and the Tea Party Express, which targeted Murkowski for defeat, but also for Sarah Palin, one of the few prominent Republicans to back Miller.
As for the Tea Party Express, it's next champion is Christine O'Donnell of Delaware, a solid conservative who faces Republican-in-name-only Rep. Mike Castle, who voted for cap and trade and the anti-free speech DISCLOSE Act.
Delaware's primary is September 14. Prospects of a GOP takeover of the Senate continue to improve. But as Mark Levin said on his show after Castle's DISCLOSE Act vote, "A Republican majority with Mike Castle is not a majority."
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