Their biggest mistake (aside from a lack of life skills), is their total misunderestimation if the Tea Party movement. Many folks who are not (would not be) "members" of the Tea Party are buying in to the ideas & principles advocated by the TP. Dummies always see in terms of their vaunted Occupy Whatever which totally lacks ideas or principles. In our recent primary I had 12 people (non TP) request copy's of the sample ballot filled out with the local TP's recommendations. Several of these folks said they would not normally have voted in the primary.