Connecticut Tea Baggers make awful choice for Republican US Senate nominee

Can someone please explain why the Connecticut Tea Baggers chose former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon over former 3 term Congressman Robert Simmons as their nominee for the US Senate this Fall. These people are nuts.

Robert Simmons is a retired US Army Colonel who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut's Second Congressional District.

After graduating college in 1965, Simmons enlisted in the United States Army as a Private, serving in active duty from 1965 to 1969. Simmons graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School in 1967, and spent 19 months in Vietnam during the Vietnam War where he earned two Bronze Star Medals.

After his active duty service, Simmons served in the United States Army Reserve as a Military Intelligence Officer from 1969 to 2003, retiring at the rank of full Colonel. Simmons led the 434th Military Intelligence Detachment. Under his command, the unit was selected as the best small unit in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1996 by the Reserve Officers Association.

In 1979 he earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1979 he became a staff member for Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island, and then in 1981 the Staff Director for the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence under the Chairmanship of Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ).

Linda McMahon, the Republican nominee in the 2010 Connecticut Senate race, is married to Vince McMahon, with whom she operated World Wrestling Entertainment from its establishment in 1980 through 2009. Linda McMahon was also active in the wrestling ring from 1999-2001.

In September 2009, Linda McMahon stepped down from her position as CEO after a 30-year career in the wrestling industry. Her campaign made headlines when she revealed she could spend $50 million of her own money to win the US Senate seat.