GOP Massaging Tea Party To Keep Unelectable Candidates Home: WSJ

GOP Massaging Tea Party To Keep Unelectable Candidates Home
ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 18: Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks to Virginia Tea Party members during a rally at Fort C.F. Smith on August 18, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. O'Donnell also signed copies of her recently released book 'Trouble Maker' during the rally. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 18: Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks to Virginia Tea Party members during a rally at Fort C.F. Smith on August 18, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. O'Donnell also signed copies of her recently released book 'Trouble Maker' during the rally. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A quiet campaign has been underway by traditional Republicans to assuage the tea party as part of the GOP’s bid to reclaim the Senate in the midterm elections, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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