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"This is a symbol that the tea party movement and the broader limited-government agenda is huge."

"It's the center of American politics. It's everything that we've been saying it is. It's not just a protest movement; it's a political force."

The shocking defeat of a long-term senator ? Sen. Robert F. Bennett ? for the Republican Party nomination in Utah.

The response from Timothy M. Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee:

"That the Tea Party would consider Bob Bennett -- one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate -- too liberal just goes to show how extreme the Tea Party is. This is just the latest battle in the corrosive Republican intra-party civil war . . . If there was any question before, there should now be no doubt that the Republican leadership has handed the reins to the Tea Party."

He sounds upset.

Full post as published by Althouse on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).