More are likely to vote for Tea Party backed candidate than one backed by Obama-CNN

9/26, "The Tea Party is now more powerful than President Obama," UK Telegraph by Nile Gardiner

• "While just 37 percent of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate if backed by Barack Obama, a far larger
  
• 50 percent will vote for a Tea-Party endorsed candidate.

As CNN puts it:

"A solid majority of all Americans — 56 percent — say that Obama has fallen short of their expectations. As a result, the president is not in a position to help struggling Democratic candidates;

• only 37 percent of likely voters say they are more likely to vote for a congressional candidate backed by Obama.

In contrast, half of all likely voters now say they are likely to choose a candidate supported by the conservative Tea Party — contributing to the GOP’s 53 to 44 percent lead when such voters are asked which party’s candidate they will choose in November.""

• UK Telegraph article via Free Republic

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