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LuckyTheDog

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:53 PM Jun 2014

Despite some 2014 successes, tea party is fading as a brand

After rising up in protests against President Barack Obama in 2009, the tea party helped elect 87 new members to the House of Representatives in 2010. Members formed a tea party caucus in the House. The tea party started giving a formal response to the president's State of the Union address, alongside the Republican response.

At its peak in 2010, 61 percent of Republicans supported the tea party, according to Gallup. Today, that's plunged to 41 percent, and among all Americans there's 22 percent support.

So far, most of the tea party challenges to incumbents and establishment favorites this year have failed.

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Despite some 2014 successes, tea party is fading as a brand (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Jun 2014 OP
So puzzling, how it never caught on... Blue Owl Jun 2014 #1
It is indeed a mystery arcane1 Jun 2014 #3
stupid evil brand samsingh Jun 2014 #2
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