TEA Party and Citizens United
So...I've read some comments from 'baggers on various news sites....I know, I know, it temporarily lowers your IQ. But after I came out of that lull and the brain started functioning....
Whenever the news item is about a strong possibility that big business will now back more moderate candidates with their money....the response is "we're a grass roots movement, we don't need their money, blah blah blah...."
I'm thinking....you know...there was this thing about citizens united where money essentially equals speech, if there is so much a glimmer of a chance to unseat a TEA politician....they can flood the district with money and put in a more pro business politician in.
Won't be hard to make the argument either...more people with jobs or better paying jobs means more people are paying taxes and paying down the debt. And on the ACA, they will just say it will fail on its own and should address it when it does.
It still remains to see which side big business will side with, but...threatening to hurt their fortunes is usually not a good thing for you.