Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tea Party candidate loses Alabama runoff election

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A mainstream Republican rolled past a tea party activist Tuesday in the GOP runoff for a southeast Alabama congressional seat that Republicans hope to reclaim.

Montgomery City Councilwoman Martha Roby was drawing 60 percent in the unofficial count in the 2nd Congressional District GOP runoff Tuesday against Rick Barber, a former Marine who operates a Montgomery pool hall that hosts tea party meetings.

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Bravo comment:  If Tea Party wingnuts are losing to more moderate Republicans in the deep poor south, there might just be hope for America.


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