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Eugene Robinson: Overdosing on teaby Eugene Robinson at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-overdosing-on-tea/2014/06/12/036f08b6-f26a-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html
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The Republican Partys reliance on tea party support is like an addicts dependence on a dangerous drug: It may feel good at first, but eventually it eats you alive.
No House majority leader had ever been ousted in a primary before Eric Cantors shocking defeat on Tuesday. Republicans who tell themselves it was Cantors own fault he lost touch with his Virginia district, he tried to have it both ways on immigration, he came to be seen as part of the Washington establishment are whistling past the graveyard.
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There can be no doubt that the tail is now wagging the dog. The tea party should no longer be thought of as just a faction of the GOP. Its calling the shots.
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The fascinating thing about Brats victory is that it came without much support from national tea party leaders, who declined to invest in him because they believed he couldnt win. This was a grass-roots defenestration, performed without adult supervision. The standard way of dealing with an insurgent movement find a way to co-opt its leaders wont work if there are no effective leaders.
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WillyT
(72,631 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)to fully understand the implications of their being. The purpose of the teahadist is to confuse, conflate republiCON bullshit
Cha
(297,462 posts)them and sheldon aldelson, pete peterson too.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)applegrove
(118,740 posts)throw someone or something out the window. I had to look it up.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,236 posts)titanicdave
(429 posts)they created their own Frankenstein monster and now it is on the loose wreaking havoc on anything and everything
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)and who were mocked for thinking there was danger there, are now allowed some lee-way for being a bit fearful of her and this movement? I know. I know. She's dumber than a box of rocks but she knows how to play a crowd. That's unmistakable and in this day and age of teevee, its hard to discount how important an attractive appearance matters.
A large majority of candidates she's endorsed in the past have won (an impressive percentage actually especially in light of the "new" nature of this party splinter).
Imho, we ignore this faction at our own peril. Even if they split off from the Rethug party proper, they have formidable financial backing and have positioned themselves to rally die-hard voters who ALWAYS show up.
maindawg
(1,151 posts)The snakes in the grass are many. This has rocked the' gop 'to its base. The TEA own the gop.