<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f9c0dc45-ca59-46bd-bd02-46e4cf3b7126/B5600A38-960B-4BE6-A46E-13785ED79342/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://slatest.slate.com/id/2232654/?wpisrc=newsletter" href="http://slatest.slate.com/id/2232654/?wpisrc=newsletter" style="font-size: 11px;">slatest.slate.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://slatest.slate.com/id/2232654/?wpisrc=newsletter"><H1>Could Tea Party Activists Foil a Republican Comeback?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://slatest.slate.com/id/2232654/?wpisrc=newsletter">Many have pointed to the so-called tea party activists to illustrate how the Republican base is angry and might help the GOP regain power in Congress. But these conservative activists often don't see themselves as affiliated with any party and have <STRONG>decided to wage war on some candidates picked by Republican leaders for their ability to win over independents</STRONG>. An early example of this conflict is playing out in upstate New York, where there will be a special election to replace Republican Rep. John McHugh, who was appointed as Army secretary. The Republican machine chose a candidate who supports abortion rights and might appeal to independents. Now a local man has jumped into the race, declaring himself the real conservative, <STRONG>effectively splitting the vote and putting their Democratic rival in the lead</STRONG>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B5600A38-960B-4BE6-A46E-13785ED79342/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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