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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Republican Party = the tea party. Basically.
The Republican Party is the Tea PartyThe Fix notes that "views of the Republican Party's ideological leaning are essentially the same as the tea party... Views of the GOP and the tea party are virtually the same across all demographics."
"In other words, if the tea party has moved the GOP to the right -- and it has -- it has done so to such an extent they are now viewed as ideologically very similar."
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Forty percent say the tea party is too conservative about the same number as say the Republican Party is too conservative (43 percent). While 36 percent of Americans say the views of the GOP are about right, 35 percent say the same of the tea party.
Views of the GOP and the tea party are virtually the same across all demographics. Fifty-five percent of moderates say the GOP is too conservative, versus 52 percent who say the same of the tea party.
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The Republican Party = the tea party. Basically. (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2013
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spanone
(135,866 posts)1. has been. will continue to be.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. The "Tea Party" was little more than a re-branding effort.
It had some success. Now it has outlived its usefulness. Look for the Republicans to launch a new re-branding effort soon.
-Laelth
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)5. That became very apparent not long at all after its official launch
At first it was ostensibly a non-partisan populist libertarian movement ( yet loath to be critical of big business ) and corpulent men in 1770's garb, replete w/ tri-corner hats were a favorite standard bearer.
Social conservatives, theocrats and racists quickly moved in to dominate and at this point the TP was just the reactionary wing of the GOP and we saw how the tail wagged the dog to the point TP=GOP.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)3. Tea Party = Republicans too ashamed to admit they voted for shrub.
randome
(34,845 posts)4. We need to stop calling them Republicans, then.
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