Tea Party Promises Win in Tennessee

After a loss in Mississippi, the New York Times reports Tea Party members in Tennessee “were making a bold — even defiant — proclamation: They will win the Senate seat in Tennessee.”

“The activists hope a little-known state representative, Joe Carr, a self-described underdog who has attacked efforts to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, can oust the Republican incumbent, Lamar Alexander, 73, the former governor and two-time presidential candidate who began working on Capitol Hill in the late 1960s.”