The fisticuffs between New York's political establishment on the right -- the Conservative Party -- and the newer insurgency from the (further?) right -- the Tea Party -- were on display tonight in the debate between GOP Senate candidates Jay Townsend and Gary Berntsen.
Townsend noted he has the Conservative Party's endorsement and no GOP candidate has won statewide without it in decades.
Berntsen replied, "Tea party is the new conservative movement in New York. The Conservative Party will be small in comparison."
