Senate GOP moderates feel heat from the tea party

McClatchy reports:

Minutes after the Senate rejected a huge, controversial Republican budget-cutting plan this week, Democrats pounced hard, blasting moderate GOP senators who supported the package.

"It is now official — Dick Lugar supports the extremists in his party over the people of Indiana," said a statement from Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesman Eric Schultz about the veteran Indiana Republican. "He will be explaining today's vote for the next 19 months."

Tiny cuts are "extremism" to Eric Schultz. What's the difference between socialist Senator Sanders and Eric Schultz?