NBC’s Todd Asserts ‘Weaker’ Tea Party Nominees Give Democrats ‘Fighting Chance’ to Hold Senate

NBC's Chuck Todd conceded “the Tea Party has been helpful to the GOP in both re-branding the party away from Bush and giving it a real grassroots component,” but he insisted, “this Tea Party influence in Republican primaries has put a number of Senate seats in play for Democrats that at this point should be out of reach.” “The bottom line,” Todd declared on Friday's NBC Nightly News in a likely preview of the latest iteration of the news media's bi-annual “Republicans candidates were too far to the right” line: Because of weaker Tea Party nominees , Democrats have a fighting chance in Delaware, Kentucky, Colorado, yes, Nevada, and even Alaska. Without the Tea Party, all five of those races would be in the bank right now and the Senate majority would definitely be in the Republican sights. read more

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NBC’s Todd Asserts ‘Weaker’ Tea Party Nominees Give Democrats ‘Fighting Chance’ to Hold Senate

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