Mainstream Republicans are running scared that the pattern of extremists winning primaries who can't win general elections will be repeated in 2014. So scared, in fact, that some of their deep pockets money is going to fight these right-wingers in the primaries. But lots more money is coming from the billionaire right-wing donors too.
At least one race so far looks to repeat the Todd Akins pattern. Susanne Atanus won the Republican primary in Illinois' 9th Congressional District to challenge Democrat Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
Atanus believes that tornadoes, autism, and dementia are the result of God's angry punishment for abortion and gay marriage.
The Illinois Republican Party has condemned these comments and distanced itself from Atanus' candidacy. What does this say about party unity when the Republican voters' choice is repudiated by the state party?
This one may be good for some damaging publicity as part of a pattern, but this was probably a safe Democratic seat anyway. I doubt the Republican party wasted resources on trying to find and support a better candidate.
Let's hope this pattern gets multiplied dozens of times. Then the Democrats could take back the House, hold the Senate -- and President Obama could have an easier time getting his agenda through Congress.
It's not a sure thing at all. Unprecedented amounts of money will be spent on false advertising, painting Obamacare as the worst thing since Communism and condemning Obama for letting Russia run all over him.
Ralph
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