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Oh boy, look at this:

Jon Ralston reports the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the U.S. Senate race.

Assuming the Tea Party candidate would draw votes away from the Republican candidates, it may be just the thing Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) needs to win in a race where he’s run behind in polls for months.

Now I’m not sure that this dramatically changes Harry Reid’s dismal chances of re-election in his home state of Nevada (and of course the tea partiers don’t have a chance in this race), but what’s awesome here is that this seems like a clear sign that these idiots will help to fracture the Republican party, which is always a good thing, especially in an election year. Of course, the caveat is that the tea party folks have shown to be quite fracturous themselves, with no central national leadership or national organization, so this could just be a Nevada thing. But at least this shows that them entering the calculation as 3rd party candidates is possible.

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