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  The Republican Party's biggest enemy: itself
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Last EditedCOSDem  May 20, 2010 05:04pm
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News DateMay 20, 2010 05:00pm
DescriptionPolitical history and the mood of the electorate would seem to indicate Democrats are on their way to significant losses this fall.

But they may have some help mitigating the damage from an unwitting ally — the Republicans.

The GOP is wrestling with a series of challenges, some familiar and some new, that could dampen the party’s prospects for recapturing Congress this November.

All were on vivid display Tuesday.

In the Kentucky Senate primary, the weakness of the party’s national leadership and the double-edged nature of the tea party movement were revealed in full measure as the candidate tapped by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the father of the modern Kentucky GOP, couldn’t come within 20 points of Rand Paul, a libertarian-leaning political outsider who won’t even commit to supporting McConnell for leader.
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