Tea Partiers Unhappy with Cornyn

TYLER — Texas Tea Partiers, including here in East Texas, are not happy with the National Republican Senatorial Committee — or its chairman, Sen. John Cornyn. According to KETK, Tea Partiers are gathering across Texas outside all of Cornyn’s offices; dozens protested outside his office in Tyler. Cornyn is accused of trying to help incumbent Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski get elected. Murkowski has conceded the election to Tea Party candidate Joe Miller. One area Tea Partier says, “This is about the fourth time our Sen. Cornyn has gotten involved in trying to assist a ‘rhino’ (‘Republican in Name Only’) Republican to get elected.” Cornyn and the NRSC say they’re weren’t trying to pick their own primary candidate — that it’s all a misunderstanding. They claim the only people who decided this election were the voters of Alaska — “as it should be.”