Is the article partisan? I don't think the (D)s scored well either. It's just that the (T)s really brought Neanderthalism in Washington to the forefront.
If the current crop of fundamentalists secure spots in Washington I can guarantee things will get worse. Kill the intelligentsia (or effectively muzzle them) is a tactic which is as old as the hills.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."