article_snippet.sent: Personalities often trump policy in political coverage, especially in the early days of a campaign.
article_snippet.sent: But the old line "elections have consequences" gets repeated a lot because it just happens to be true.
article_snippet.sent: But it certainly would color the campaign and the tenor of the campaign -- the huge changes that could lie in store depending on who wins.
article_snippet.sent: The GOP establishment sure does!
article_snippet.sent: So The GOP establishment is putting a priority on candidate recruitment and hoping to build on The GOP establishment 2014 successes, which you might recall included an aggressive effort to discourage or defeat tea party candidates viewed as too risky by The GOP establishment.
article_snippet.sent: Ask The GOP establishment why, and you will get a ton of finger-pointing at the tea party candidates who emerged as the GOP nominees -- Sharron Angle in Nevada and Ken Buck in Colorado.