A new poll from Rasmussen indicates that in a hypothetical Congressional match-up, a generic candidate representing the teabaggers would beat the generic Rethug candidate 23% to 18%, with the Dem candidate beating both with 36%. The Rethug establishment has been desperately trying to promote anti-Obama "tea parties" and to co-opt the teabaggers -- largely a mix of nativists, anti-government activists, racists, and low information "morans" -- and keep them in the shrinking Rethuglican political tent. Looks like, for now, their cynical efforts are being spurned by the baggers. To which we can only say, it's so richly deserved.
