Tea Party effects on 2010 U.S. Senate elections : stuck in the middle to lose / edited by William J. Miller and Jeremy D. Walling.

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

xix, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Foreword 2 Preface Part 3 Section I: A Whole 'Nother Kind of Tea Party Chapter 4 1. The Tea Party Movement in America: Fed-Up or Simply Flamboyant? Part 5 Section II: All Aboard the Tea Party Express Chapter 6 2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in Delaware? Chapter 7 4. That's Murkowski with an "I": The Tea Party Express in the 2010 Alaska Senate Election Chapter 8 5. Running Right in Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey's Early Blueprint for Electoral Success Chapter 9 6. Tea for Only Two: The Ousting of Utah Senator Robert Bennett Chapter 10 7. Marco Rubio in Florida: The First Tea Party Senator-Or Not? Chapter 11 8. Poster Child for the Tea Party: Rand Paul of Kentucky Part 12 Section III: The Tea Party Shuffle: Moderates Take Two Steps Right Chapter 13 9. Tough Talk at the Border: The 2010 U.S. Senate Primary in Arizona Chapter 14 10. The Granite State: A Little Late to the Party Part 15 Section IV: Using the Rhetoric without Fully Committing Chapter 16 11. Throwing Tea into the Pacific Chapter 17 12. No Grizzlies in the Appalachians: The Absence of Tea Party Effects on the West Virginia Senate Race Chapter 18 13. Tea Party Politics in a Blue State: Dino Rossi and the 2010 Washington Senate Election Chapter 19 14. A Purple Haze All Around: Messaging, Political Acumen, and Money in the Colorado Senate Race Chapter 20 15. No Tea for Me: Mark Kirk and the 2010 Race for the Illinois Senate Seat Chapter 21 16. Mr. Johnson's Taste of Tea Part 22 Section V: The Impact of the Tea Party Chapter 23 17. Tea Party Redux: Making Sense of the Midterm Senate Elections Chapter 24 18. Adding Pieces to the Chess Set: New Players for an Old Game 25 Index 26 About the Contributors.

"Tea Party Effects on 2010 U.S. Senate Elections offers readers an insightful, comprehensive analysis of Tea Party's impact on the 2010 campaigns for United States Senate through chapters written by experts in their respective states. By describing the context and happenings of each race while analyzing all the campaigns decisions, the editors offer a timely and critical assessment of the impact the Tea Party played in shaping the 112th Congress' Senate"--Provided by publisher.

English

January 24, 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.