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Although some California Republican leaders had seen the moderate, Neel Kashkari, as the GOPâs candidate of the future in a deep blue state, Tea Party favorite Tim Donnelly is pummeling him, according to a surprising new Field Poll.
The establishment also props up candidates in senate, congressional, and gubernatorial elections and regularly had their way until the post-George W. Bush tea party revolution. The chief antagonists of the Republican establishment are 2008 VP candidate Sarah Palin and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint.Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a tea party candidate who is not part of the GOP establishment, is being treated as collateral damage by the party.â â Columnist Michelle Malkin.