A few weeks ago, post-primary Wednesday morning found gleeful Democrats celebrating the double-digit loss of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA).
Last night there was another set of primary elections, most notably in Mississippi where there was a runoff between incumbent GOP Senator Thadd Cochran and tea party challenger state Senator Chris McDaniel.
Early in the evening, BWD spoke for me:
Can Cantor lose again tonight? #nostalgia
— BWD (@theonlyadult) June 25, 2014
But the result was much better than expected … Cochran won, unleashing the hounds of hell, specifically, an angry tea party activist named Amy Kremer:
@amykremer If Cochran wins this #mssen race, the GOP is done. They teamed up with Dems to steal a race. Kiss the base goodbye.
@amykremer
Sad that GOP establishment has to reach out to the Dems to help keep the Barbour lobbying business profitable. That’s politics ppl. #mssen
Base kissing? Very unsanitary. But the idea of angry Republicans boycotting the November election and opening the door to a Democratic pickup? Please proceed, tea partiers, please proceed.
And a bonus! The former vice presidential candidate and half-term governor of Alaska will not stand for this …
On Hannity, @SarahPalinUSA floats idea of Tea Partiers forming third party. #OhPleaseOhPlease pic.twitter.com/AgWHNDgee5
— TBogg (@tbogg) June 25, 2014
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