The US Republicans have created a Frankenstein monster | Michael Tomasky

Karl Rove and the neocons were the inspiration for the Tea Party. But they've lost control and now it threatens to overwhelm them

Carl Paladino stood at the victory podium and bellowed: "Tonight the ruling class knows. They have seen it now. There is a people's revolution." Paladino, the Tea Party-backed candidate whom New York Republicans nominated for governor on Tuesday, crushed his establishment opponent – a former congressman with a somewhat moderate reputation – by two to one. This was a...