Saying that there is not that big of a difference between the tea party. This morning, we are asking viewers if you agree with that assessment. Dca split in the Republican Party and you think it will be a factor in the election this year. Give us a call. It democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. Independents, 202 5853882. Line for thecial tea parties. It is 202 5853883. Us on alltch up with of your social media pages. On twitter, facebook, or email us. A good wednesday morning to you. We want to take you through some of the headlines from those primaries last night. The front page of usa today. Usa today. The Washington Post story primary victories a boost gop establishment. The front page of the washington times, gop insurgent gain no traction. Down tea party as promised in the landslide. Gop sees primaries taming tea party. In notes that john boehner asked tuesday whether he believes tea party influence was waning. Conflict that the between the tea party and gop leaders have been overblown. The tea party has brought great energy to our process. There is not that big of a difference between what you call the tea party and your average conservative republican. We are against obamacare, we think taxes are too high, the government is too big. John boehners comments from yesterday. We are asking our viewers whether you agree with the comments. Do you see a split between the tea party and the establishment gop . Our phone lines are open. We have a special line open for members of the tea party. That is 202 5853883. We want to show you one other headline. This is from the hill. The tea party takes another hit. That story starts off noting that candidates did not have denied on tuesday. One reporter was cameron joseph. He joins us now. Good morning. A long night for you last night. Guest it was a fun one. Wasnt it the tea partys night. Be nearrned out to not close. Were of Tea Party Groups rattling very early on, saying they are going to take out my,. Teilhard Mitch Mcconnell. Take out Mitch Mcconnell. It was a blowout at the end. Some of these other groups were getting actively involved. It was not just him. It was mike simpson, he is a close ally of john boehner. He also rolled. A lot of republican challengers incumbents that fizzled. Congressman shuster, chairman never got that much national. We missed an opportunity there. He was told to about 54 . Beatable ife been some of these groups had gotten involved. Board in oregon, georgia, a lot of the Establishment Republicans, not necessarily moderates they are not centrists. They are not the types who are going to create huge problems for macconnell and boehner down the line. A lot of those people won the races. The socalled tea party did not do very well. Focus on georgia for me. There were some members of congress in the primary who had been courting the tea party vote. How did they end up doing . Guest they did not do well. Part of that is their organization, part of it was because National Republicans work hard to make sure that they did not do well on this race. Behind the scenes and made sure the Organizational Support was not there for them. They thought they could be the of the cycle. The canada. F they say things even republicans say wait, what came out of their mouth . To get some worried and possibly cost them in seat. Going to be a tougher race now. The former secretary of state had some tea party appeal. And shelin endorsed her was very competitive down the line. Had almost no money. I think that was the reason she did not make the runoff. The candidates that did make the runoff, david perdue, a former ceo of dollar general, reebok. Kingston, he is conservative, but he is on the appropriations committee, he plays nice with leadership. The two of them advanced. Theyre going to have a rather impossibly ugly primary as they have started taking a lot of jabs at each other, even in the first round of voting. They have two months to attack each other. I do not think they are a candidate. It is going to be a tough general election. Theyre the best Case Scenario could envision. Theyre crossing their fingers prying this was going to happen. Headlines,me of the is some of this a case of sure memories . There were primaries in nebraska and West Virginia where Tea Party Members were celebrating victories. Guest in nebraska, it is true. Tea party had some support. He also had establishment support. He is a former Bush Administration official. He is conservative, he has some tea party influence, but he is not just a tea party or tea partier. Some of these National Conservative groups got a win. In West Virginia, they are showing more. Oman won the wil primary there. They said they will find someone to beat her, there is no way were going to let her win, she is not really one of us. Candidate found the against her. She is very popular. She is the daughter of a former governor and she dominated the primary. Of is a lot of examples the tea party is still an active movement, but it has been absorbed by the rest of the Republican Party. Some of these candidates that have passed appeal to more business republicans as well as the more conservative action of the party. Movementthink it is a i think it is consumed by the gop. Reaction has there been since yesterday when speaker banner made those comments in a press conference about there not being that big of a difference between the tea party and your average conservative republican . Guest one side that is happy about those comments is the democrats. They can say they have been paint every tea party for years. They can now say, look, your leader says you guys are tea party, lets advertise on this, lets make money off of this, lets make money off of this. It may or may not work in the short or longterm. One group that is happy is democrats. His story joseph, this morning the tea party takes another hit on the hill. We are asking our viewers about speaker banners comments yesterday. Boehnerspeaker comments yesterday. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. Independents, 202 5853882. If you are a member of the tea party, 202 5853883. The tea party does not want the country to go bankrupt. The republicans do not care as long as they get reelected. Isther tweet says donation too large for two parties. We are asking our viewers about this this morning. We will go to the special line for those who remember those who identify as members of the tea party. We will go to jerry, on our line independents. Theer i have to think Republican Party is waning. It would be better for them if they would consolidate with the libertarians and the tea party, find Common Ground and come up with somebody that has a little charisma and defeat the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party are not doing us any good. We are no better off now than we were six years ago, probably more. The economy is something obama has dropped the ball on. It would behoove us to get another party. Thank you. Host carl, berkeley springs, West Virginia. Caller good morning. I have attended several Tea Party Meetings. The thing that struck me, they start out for the pledge of allegiance, which is a nono in a Democrat Party because it contains or god. Because it contains the word god. We started off with a prayer. I did not see anyone that appeared to be racist, like the Mainstream Media has portrayed us to be. We are getting beat over the head every day. Even the senators wrote letters to the irs telling them to silence the tea party. Are we that dangers that they have to use the irs to quell our voices . This is getting ridiculous i think. Aroundthe tea party is the next hundred years. Democrat, is a calling from tennessee. Good morning. Caller good morning. Fellowheard a tea party right there. I saw signs, i have never been to a Tea Party Meeting in my life. Said see signs on tv that and neuter all liberals. I am a liberal. I saw signs of theirs. They talk about the irs, the head of the irs, they talk about warner. The head of the irs, my understanding was a republican. Did they have him in there to check on things . No. Tennessee, we have a big you had on your program, talking about the v. A. I have a soninlaw and he lives among Tea Party People. They ran him out of his home. He had to come here and live. That is the tea party. Were going to be talking about is he a again today with congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa. She will be on our show in the 8 00 hour. A tweet coming out this morning from cnn and other news outlets that the president is going to meet with secretary shin seki. The meeting is not open to the press. Several other Media Outlets are starting to report that. We will stay on top of that for you and we will be talking about that later in our program. We mentioned primary day last night. Several of the candidates are making primary victory acceptance speeches last night. Cameras were there for several of them, including mitch ofonnell, republican kentucky, Senate Minority leader, talking about what he believes the general election will be about this fall. Heres a bit about what he had to say. [video clip] a vote for my opponent is a vote for a guy who thinks nothing of this state, if he thinks about it at all. A vote for my opponent is a vote for obama care and the president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. That is why this race is not about one party against another. Government that thinks they can lie to its own citizens and get away with it. [applause] it is about holding the people who have done this accountable. This race is about vindicating people like angela strobel, a mother of five girls from owensboro. End when sher wits wrote me earlier this year. After being told up and down that she did not have to worry result coming out of obama care that she did not she founds told out she was going to lose her doctor and her plan. Her premiums have more than tripled. She was out of patience. Obamacare agents told her she was out of luck. When she spoke up about it, harry reid told her she was a liar. Another woman wrote me saying her deductible when up sevenfold. She said she is a democrat and she is furious. I feel deceived, she wrote. Another woman wrote, saying that in order to pay her new premium under obamacare, she would have to reduce payments or stop contributing to her 401 k . All of these women have something in common. They got a raw deal. They have got nothing but a blank stare from the people who did these things to them and their families. That is how this crowd operates. They think they can get away with it if they just push ahead. If they can just make it through the next news cycle. Or through the next election. I have news for them. The American People have had enough. They are running out of time. Host macconnell with the wrapup , taking 60 of the vote. His challenger, 36 of the vote. Some statements coming out from groups who supported them and in the primary. In thesupported bevin primary. We thank matt bevin for giving conservatives a choice in this election. There is also the tea party patriots, with a bit of a different tone in their statement put out last night. Beth martin with her statement saying of course we want Allison Grimes to lose in november. We won harry reid to lose his job. We must unite towards that goal. Senator mcconnell must reach out to conservatives and espouse the values of liberty. He will prevail in november. We hope he chooses wisely. Of the differences between Tea Party Folks and the establishment, Mitch Mcconnell highlighted in that statement. React asking viewers to to speaker John Boehners statement that there is not that big of a difference between conservative republicans and the tea party. Anthony is in san diego, california. I wanted to say that the Election Results last night show that the tea party in the conservative mainstream establishment are exactly the same and that the tea party was an exact reaction to obama being elected president , which means that this is about race. This is about race, this is about race. This is about race. The republicans in 2014 and in 2016, the conditions in the country will only get worse. This is about race. This is about race. Host we got it. Steve harrison writes in that the gop is distancing itself from the tea party. Lets go to ron, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller thank you. Speaker john mainers comments are right on. Establishment and the tea party are very similar. And havence, both are been blocking emergency Unemployment Benefits for the 2. 4 million and increasing. Hardworking americans who are looking for work. Defiantlynuously and blocked these benefits for people that are in deep trouble. Americans need to keep this in mind. Reason, if no other, to get out there and vote. This is an example of compassionate conservative. Blocking Unemployment Benefits to 2. 4 million americans. One of the other victory speeches cspan was therefore was for Allison Grimes. She told Mitch Mcconnell that he was not running against barack obama, he was running against her. [video clip] mcconnell, this race is between you and me. That is the name that appears on the ballot. [cheers] ago,u said, so many years it is my number one priority to make sure Mitch Mcconnell does not see another term. [applause] Mitch Mcconnell, he wants to tell you who i am and he has said, he claims kentucky will be lost if we trade in his seat for a kentucky woman, who he believes will sit on the back bench. Tonight, to tell you ians, iow kentucky am not a cheerleader, i am a strong, kentucky woman, who is an independent thinker. Will besions i make what is best for the people of the commonwealth of kentucky. Another headline from a georgia paper about that Georgia Senate race runoff in gop senate bid. To remind you, on the lay of the land in the senate races this year, democrats have a 55 to 45 majority. Republicans would need a plus six gain to flip control of the chamber this fall. We are asking viewers to react to speaker john mainers comments yesterday that theres is not a difference between the tea party and conservative republicans. We are asking Tea Party Members to call in on 202 5853883. We will go to our republican line. Andrew, brookville, pennsylvania. I think it is a matter of branding. If you remember when the democrats had the big party tent, where everybody was in it, the republicans need to start moreng about having a much broader tent for everybody to be under and unite under, if youre going to Start Talking about putting the broad party of the wide base of all of the tea party all the way over to the conservative, theyre going to have to start uniting under some kind of broad tent for them to be conservative under. The democrats are very good at trying to pull everything under a tent for them to be together, united under. Republicans seem to have a real problem with trying to get something put together and focus on a further viewing point for them to go under and have something to drive the message. I think that is where the real problem is. Take onwant to get your the governors race in pennsylvania. Ares the front page of paper. Democrats picked wolf to challenge corbett. Thatthoughts on how election is going to shape up . Isler i think corbett something i think he is vulnerable. I think he has a lot of problems we have aity to lot of natural gas and energy. I do not think he has made a lot of the right decisions in being a republican. The ability to tax the Gas Companies and so forth, the Revenue Sources that could be brought in from that, i think he the economy is slow. I think it is a possibility that he is vulnerable to the challenge. But from the democrats and from other gop challengers. I think theres a possibility that there could be a chance for him to lose the seat. Host george, buffalo, new york. Caller good morning. Here, thea republicans and the tea party, they act almost on fascist terms. Taken time to tons of our tax dollars. Theyre behaving like fascists a little bit. Host you identify as a member of the Republican Party . Caller right. Host who do you think are the best representatives of the Republican Party right now . Many, to betoo truthful with you. Their policies are geared towards corporate welfare. It is kind of sad. Anyone you would support not necessarily in Public Office right now . Caller not from this area, no. Beverly is waiting in columbia, missouri. Were talking about John Boehners comments yesterday that there is not a difference between the tea party and conservative republicans. Your thoughts. Ought to tell you something. The tea party has brought this country down. Everything theyre doing is bringing the country down. Up and go outwake and vote. Vote democrat in november or this country is not going to have nothing. They are thinking about the Republican Party. It is for the 1 . Everything is going to the top. There are people out here who are hurting, people without unemployment, cutting food stamps to children, these children were not asked to be born in this world. Far as the vets,