There was a happy time when Republican leaders rubbed their hands together with glee. After courting the Tea Party, there was much anticipation of herding the enthusiastic but clueless Tea Party crowd into the polls. As we’re seeing, the Republicans are no longer in charge. They appear to have created a sign-carrying monster with a fondness for sidearms and costumes which is capable of throwing them out of the driver’s seat, then backing over them a few times!