GOP Rep. Spencer Bachus Lashes Out at Tea Party, Sarah Palin

biggovernment.com — Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus recently lashed out at limited government conservatives and at Gov. Sarah Palin, blaming them for the fact that the GOP did not win control of the Senate. Bachus is best known for his efforts to implement and enforce a ban on online poker. His support for efforts to use big government to address non-core social issues are obviously not in sync with the priorities of limited government conservatism, so his animus toward limited government conservatives is not surprising. However, his insistence on blaming them for the Senate outcome ought to be, given that the online poker issue proved to be the deciding factor in the CO Senate race -- where poker players pushed Sen. Bennet over the top in his fight against GOP challenger Ken Buck. Nov 9, 2010 View in Crawl 4