TODAY'S ELECTIONS DESERVE AT LEAST A GOLF CLAP...

Looks like the Baggers are no longer the toughest guys in the neighborhood, at least according to two knowledgeable oberservers:

Robert Costa:

The establishment wing of the Republican Party scored a major victory in North Carolina Tuesday when state House Speaker Thom Tillis won the party's nomination for U.S. Senate, turning back tea party challengers who threatened to complicate the GOP's effort to unseat Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) in a key midterm battleground.

David Weigel:

First Dean Young, now Greg Brannon. The Chamber of Commerce is racking up a serious clown body count.