Disconnect

I was reading an article about the voting today in several states, and I saw this rather major disconnect in the article.

Republican strategists in Washington, who have been eagerly anticipating the chance to knock off Mr. Reid, worry that their work could become much more difficult because they believe some of the views held by Ms. Angle will not sit well with independent voters.

There's your problem, right there.

As I understand the race, Ms. Angle is running as a Republican with strong Tea Party backing and she's doing quite well in the race. We'll know tonight if she succeeds. However, the Republican Party strategists in Washington have to understand that many of us don't give a tinkers damn what they think. The Republican party is out of touch with the base. They screwed it up under the second term of G.W. Bush by adopting a spending mentality and not paying attention to conservative principles.