The tea party is losing
A trio of new polls Monday from NBC News and Marist College confirm an emerging trend of the 2014 primary Season: the Republican Establishment HAS the upper hand over the tea Party.
House Speaker Thom Tillis's (R) outright win in the North Carolina Senate primary last week - he avoided a primary against tea party opposition - was seen as a step in the right direction for a GOP establishment that has struggled mightily to figure out how to beat back such primary challenges.