Kyle Scott: Is the Tea Party finally over
This was unthinkable two years ago.
But when the Tea Party cant prevent the nomination of a moderate, establishment candidate who designed the health-care program that served as the model for Obamacare, there isnt much it can do that matters.
And the courting of Marco Rubio to be his running mate is confirmation even the Romney campaign no longer feels the need to court the Tea Party.
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Romneys nomination signals that the 2012 elections will be a retreat from the Tea Party right.
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http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/04/27/kyle-scott-is-the-tea-party-finally-over
This appears to be what has RimJob so worked up? And our Tealiban-dominated Congress has the worst approval ratings in history, for all their obstinance. Ding-dong, the wicked, soggy Teabag is dead - maybe?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)just like gay marriage, the ground zero mosque, and all the other phony movements the greedheads put together. They're not using the tactic now because for whatever reason they don't think it will be effective. Maybe it's gone for good or maybe another time will come around where they'll revive it.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)i've been screaming from the start that they never really "existed" in the first place...
bemildred
(90,061 posts)ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)and further radicalized it.
While it infuriates some here, the Tea Party and Occupy seem to be following much the same path...a burst of energy and then petering out in terms of direct effectiveness
n2doc
(47,953 posts)because they serve their masters well. If Mittens loses then another tactic will be tried.
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)No it wasn't.
Many of us knew that the Teabaggers would end up just like their spiritual forebears, the Know-Nothings, and last just about as long.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Downright predictable.