After Terry (R-Ne) win, where do tea partiers go in the fall?

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100514/NEWS01/705149867/0#after-terry-win-where-do-tea-partiers-go-in-the-fall

Now that Nebraska’s primary election has put all three House incumbents back in the race to retain their seats, the question arises of what the future holds for the state’s conservative, anti-establishment tea party movement.

A significant segment of the movement had put its hopes in political newcomer Matt Sakalosky, who ran as a Republican against incumbent GOP Rep. Lee Terry in the state’s Omaha-centric 2nd District.

That support showed up at the polls Tuesday, when Sakalosky siphoned more than a third of Republican votes from Terry. With 63 percent of the vote, it was Terry’s worst primary showing since his first in 1998, when he drew 40 percent of the vote in a field of four Republicans vying for an open seat.

But Terry has faced increasingly formidable challenges in his most recent elections. Democrat Jim Esch gave Terry a fright in 2006, initially leading in polls before losing by about 9 percentage points. Esch launched a rematch in 2008, and came within 4 percentage points of knocking Terry off.

Many who supported Sakalosky this year were drawn to his pledge to cut government spending and lower taxes, while others expressed anger over Terry’s vote for President George W. Bush’s $700 billion bank bailout and the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program that rewarded people for replacing gas-guzzling vehicles with more fuel-efficient ones.

“You can’t ignore those votes,” tea party activist Dawn Klein of Bennington said during primary campaigning. Klein’s group, 9-12 Nebraskans, had actively supported Sakalosky.

FULL story at link.

[ReverendDeuce]

1. Nebraska is such an odd state...

I live here and let me tell you, people here aren't necessarily stupid but they're not particularly ambitious with their ideas and beliefs. At least, we don't like others who are. We mercilessly love our mediocrity!

That said, regardless if you're right-of-right or left-of-left, if you have big ideas expect them to be rapidly deflated.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Tea partiers lost?

Great news!!

[Bitwit1234]

3. I for one do not understand

how..when tea bags are only about 4% of the population, they get people elected to run for office. HOW> I suppose because most people don't show up for primaries and the scum bag usually wins.

If Democrats showed up this November and voted the republicans would be almost totally swept out of office. HOW IN THE HELL CAN THEY BE MOTIVATED. Republicans ALWAYS show up to vote why can't we.