“Senate Races 2012: Republican Establishment Tries To Tamp Down Tea Party Insurgency”

HuffPo: ‘Super PACs and political nonprofits, despite arguments that they have expanded the ability of competitors to challenge incumbents, may actually be doing the opposite. The flow of money released by the 2010 Citizens United and SpeechNow.org decisions has encouraged independent GOP establishment-oriented groups and donors to get involved in primary contests that had previously been dominated by the more radical Club for Growth and FreedomWorks. This has a double benefit: Incumbents and GOP insider choices are receiving financial support, while the party’s hands are kept clean, as the national party organs do not have to step in to fight their conservative base.”

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