Presidential race loses fizz for Tea Party

[Lakhota]

By Patricia Zengerle and Eric Johnson

(Reuters) - With their favored candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination lagging or out of the race, many U.S. Tea Party activists are shifting focus to the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.

The fizz has gone out of the presidential contest for some supporters of the fiscally conservative movement now that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is not running and Texas Governor Rick Perry and congresswoman Michele Bachmann are slipping in polls.

"No one is going to get perfect in a general election candidate. That is why we think the Senate is a better place to focus," said Matt Kibbe, president and chief executive of the libertarian FreedomWorks, a Tea Party group.

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[JoeB131]

I think the Tea Party is recognizing that the Estabishment is hell bent on imposing the Android from Kolob on them, even if they lose.

So by concentrating on the Senate, no matter which liberal wins in November, they won't be able to do any more damage.