Major Tea Party Win And McConnell Defeat

In arguably the biggest political upset of the year, Joe Miller claimed the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate when incumbent GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded Tuesday evening.  He was backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin.  Miller's win marked the first time it had defeated a sitting senator in a primary.

The Joe Miller win was also another major defeat for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, not to mention another rejection of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.  McConnell has chosen as his loyal lieutenants at the leadership table Robert Bennett (R-UT), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX).

Judd Gregg is retiring and McConnell sought to replace him with Trey Grayson of Kentucky. Grayson, however, lost to Rand Paul in the Kentucky GOP Primary.  Conservatives threw Bob Bennett out at the Utah GOP convention, replacing him with firebrand conservative Mike Lee.

Now Lisa Murkowski is defeated, like Bob Bennett, by conservative activists concerned by the fiscal drift of the Republican Party and the overall direction of the American republic.

The stunning result was a huge validation of the political power of Palin as the former Alaska governor has been playing kingmaker in midterm elections. McConnell and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are out of step with conservatives.

Conservatives, led by Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin, are potentially creating the most conservative Senate Republican Conference in the last thirty or so years: Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, Mike Lee, Joe Miller, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Pat Toomey will be joining Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, and David Vitter.

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