The best thing ever to happen to Pat Toomey and Marco Rubio (especially Toomey) is the crop of completely whacky Tea Party nominees in maybe a half dozen Senate races across the country. Back under the old normal, Pat Toomey was a pretty out there guy. Club for Growth politics, a staunch advocate of phasing out Social Security. He seemed close to unelectable in Pennsylvania. But up against Angle, Miller, O'Donnell, he's like Bob Dole.
And Rand Paul, for that matter. With those four making constant news, Toomey and Rubio are getting a pass from scrutiny and as a result are ahead in the polls, Rubio with a substantial lead now.
There's a much bigger picture here, and all the attention lavished on O'Donnell and Paul, Angle and Joe Miller, is acting as a lightning rod to let the rest of the not-quite-insane Republicans in under the radar, guys like Rick Scott and Daniel Webster in Florida, Ken Buck in Colorado, Rob Portman and John Kasich in Ohio, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina in California, etc.
Josh has a real point here. There's so much GOP insane here there's just no fair way to cover it all.
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