As the congressional primary season continues with a slew of important states today, the big question—how’s the Tea Party doing—remains hard to answer.
On the one hand Tea Party candidates have failed to capture high profile Senate primary seats in Texas and North Carolina, increasing the Republican Party’s chances of winning the Senate so far. Or so the conventional wisdom goes.
On the House side however, the Tea Party assault on the GOP has been intense. CONT.
Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution