Has GOP found the blueprint for beating Tea Party pols?

Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp's surprising primary defeat Tuesday at the hands of a candidate who was backed the by the Republican establishment could serve as a blueprint for future efforts to oust Tea Party members in GOP primaries.

While Huelskamp's race was characterized by attacks on his handling of issues specific to his rural congressional district, the success of efforts to frame a deeply conservative lawmaker as a Washington insider could embolden the groups who ousted Huelskamp to try the same tactics on other members who have bucked party leadership.

Tom Davis, former Virginia congressman and former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, believes such an approach could work again.

"I think the model is replicable," Davis told the Washington Examiner. "It shows you what the path to victory is."

Davis said that path involved a "strong local component," an influx of cash from outside the district and a serious candidate to oppose the incumbent.