http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/27/the-inside-politics-forecast-conservative-democrats-run-to-the-left-on-social-security/5. GOP establishment spending big to defeat Tea Party: We are entering crunch time in the Tea Party vs. The Establishment GOP internal war, with several primaries over the next two to six weeks that will have a big impact on the party’s 2014 prospects.
So follow the money, and I’m told in the week ahead the Chamber of Commerce will make significant new TV purchases in five states, Georgia and North Carolina among them.
Both states have crowded Senate GOP primary fields, and the Chamber is part of an establishment effort to nominate with it considers more mainstream Republican candidates.
In North Carolina, state House Speaker Thom Tillis is the establishment choice. In Georgia, the Chamber backs Rep. Jack Kingston.