Originally Posted by MTI

Not a Banner Year for Tea Party

Voters defeated the MS "personhood" amendment
Ohio voters support public unions
Voters recall elected officials in Michigan and Arizona.

The lessons of Election 2011 may be greater for the Republican Party and its wing of tea party conservatives than for Democrats, says Mr. Abramowitz. "Ultimately, these results don't tell us very much," he says, "but there is a hint here that if the Republicans nominate a [presidential] candidate seen as too extreme, too far to the right, that could be damaging."