These conservative groups have had it all their own way… they basically come in with millions of dollars and big-foot a Republican primary and you wind up with these Manchurian candidates who are not interested in governing.
— Former Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio, commenting on groups affiliated with the tea party movement. LaTourette is heading up a new Republican campaign group called “Defending Main Street”. It’s the center of an initiative that, if successful, could be dubbed the revenge of the corporate cons.