UPDATED 8:23 AM EST, December 10, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former leader of a tea party group says the Republican Party and stupid statements by some candidates are to blame for the GOP's losses in last month's congressional elections.
Dick Armey, who until recently led the conservative group FreedomWorks, said some GOP candidates said "stupid things" that party leaders should have taught them to avoid saying. He said Republicans had a lot of candidates who did "dumb things" during their campaigns.
