LUGAR LESSON: DON’T TREAD ON THE TEA PARTY: Richard Mourdock’s big (20 point) Republican primary win last night in Indiana shows that the tea party is very much alive and well. The progressive post-mortem on this uniquely American movement–defined by fiscal and constitutional conservatism–were vastly premature. Mourdock himself is properly giving credit to the tea party for his victory. Even DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz seems to get it, saying, “It’s official: the Republican Party is now indistinguishable from the Tea Party.” Mitt Romney: Are you listening?
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