Will Mitch McConnell get Tea-Partied (like Richard Lugar) in 2014?

[imreallyperplexed]

I hear that Mitch McConnell is scared that he is going to be challenged from the right by the Tea Party in the Republican primaries in 2014 and that his fear will make it difficult for him to arm twist conservatives in the Senate. I also hear that Jim Demint may wage a serious challange to McConnell in the next Congress. I would be surprised if Demint could pull it off but I wouldn't rule it out.

It will be interesting to watch.

 

[degsme]

McConnel is embracing the Tea Party. So no I dont think so.

But I think Boehner may find it in his interests to end run the Tea Party caucus and make a deal with the Dems and Obama in the Lame Duck. In doing so, he can then go to the MAJORITY of the GOP (and the Tea Party is a minority, though it is the swing votes) and tell them that they can risk a crashed economy and getting blamed for it in 2014 - or show that they cooperated with the Dems and improved the economy and hang the TP out to dry

I suspect that will resonate with him as a pass