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This shift towards Tea Party candidates in certain parts of the country like Rand Paul alienates moderate Republicans, intellectual Republicans, and independents in the middle who might have voted for a Republican candidate. It will certainly be an interesting midterm election, though I'm annoyed that I keep hearing "Will this be another 1994?" over and over again in the press. The fact is, the Republicans are not nearly as united as they were in 1994 with the Contract with America. Certainly, the Tea Party people have tried to come up with their own, but I see a lot of sensible Republicans I know just rolling their eyes at the whole thing.
Here in Oregon, though, the Republicans chose moderate Chris Dudley as their candidate for governor. He's inexperienced and up against former governor John Kitzhaber, who is running as a centrist Democrat. It should be a good race.
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