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Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:52 PM Oct 2013

So how many of the teapeople will be bankrolled by big business in 2014?

We keep hearing that if Republicans act reasonably they will be primaried by a more conservative candidate.
But doesn't it seem more likely that the teapeople will be primaried by more centrist candidates now?

I hear the Chamber of Commerce and other business people plan to get involved and try to drive out the teapeople with buckets of money donated to more fiscally responsible candidates.

If this is the case, shouldn't the Republicans disregard the teapeople instead of being afraid of them?
It may even be dangerous for centrist Republicans to play tea party because they may lose their big backers next time around.

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So how many of the teapeople will be bankrolled by big business in 2014? (Original Post) Kablooie Oct 2013 OP
It's theatrics. jsr Oct 2013 #1
Follow the money. The Rich have shifted courses and so will the minions that carry their libdem4life Oct 2013 #2
Give it some more time. They are still working on the new talking points. RC Oct 2013 #3
aren't most of them in safe districts? cali Oct 2013 #4
you can't predict the crazy spanone Oct 2013 #5
 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
2. Follow the money. The Rich have shifted courses and so will the minions that carry their
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 01:07 PM
Oct 2013

water. When the Major Rich; the Koch Brothers, Wall Street, C of C withdraw financial and ideological support, the party, as in Tea Party, will fizzle even more quickly than it rose up. The lower middle class, their primary voter base, doesn't have the money.

It will be easier for the Moderates to shift back ... claiming they were pressured, which they were...than it will be for the Tea Party faithful, still giddy from it's burst of power, to convert... that is entirely shift course. At least I hope so.

 

RC

(25,592 posts)
3. Give it some more time. They are still working on the new talking points.
Thu Oct 10, 2013, 02:57 PM
Oct 2013

It has only been hours. They need at least a week and a half for full gear up, to get their points straights and in front of the public.
Watch the Sunday morning hair ball shows for the difference between last week and next few weeks.

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