The beam in your own eye

To date, we have seen a nice wave of anti-incumbent, anti-establishment victories in the primaries. On the GOP side, we've seen Rand Paul win the Kentucky Senate Primary and Sen. Bob Bennett in getting the pink slip in Utah thanks in part to the Tea Party movements. The anti-incumbent bug even claimed a Democrat when Sen. Arlen Specter lost the Pennsylvania primary.

However, one must not ignore the fact that some of the GOP establishments are not as bad as all of them, and I've caught a lot of flack for changing my endorsement to and running with Jon Runyan in the primary in my hometown, which is in Jon's district. You want an example of good establishment politicians? Fine.

Steve King is an Iowa Republican congressman. Steve is one of the strongest pro-life voices in Washington who promotes conservative causes, is an advocate for small government, and espouses much of what the Tea Party movement holds dear. He's also an establishment Republican. Do you want to see him leave Congress? Even Mr. Conservative, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina started out as an establishment candidate when he first ran for the United States House of Representatives.

So for the people in the 3rd NJ congressional district who are calling me a "kool aid drinker" for no longer backing Justin Murphy, let me ask you, if you want to reduce the size of government, how can you back a guy who has raised taxes as a Tabernacle councilman by 75 percent (and counting)?

Sometimes it matters to look at the candidate before you judge, huh?