All of these folks can expect primary challenges from grade a wingnuts:
Eight Republican senators on Tuesday voted to preserve earmark spending despite pressure from the Tea Party movement.
Sens. Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.), Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.) voted against an amendment to food-safety legislation that would have enacted a two-year ban on the spending items. Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio) and defeated Sen. Bob Bennett (Utah) also voted against it.
Not quite sure how you out-wingnut Shelby, Cochran, and Inhofe, but I’m sure the party of Palin, Miller, Angle, and O’Donnell will find a way. And then David Broder can write a column about the lack of ideological diversity and the dangers of ideological purity… in the Democratic party.
BTW- It is sure going to be fun watching Murkowski give the GOP a middle finger at every opportunity.