2016 Postmortem
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movements leaders certainly think so.
They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny a claim that tea party activists had made for years is helping pump new energy into the coalition. And they are trying to use that development, along with the ongoing controversy over the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attacks and the Justice Departments secret seizure of journalists phone records, to recruit new activists incensed about government overreach.
This is the defining moment to say I told you so, said Katrina Pierson, a Dallas-based tea party leader, who traveled to Washington last week as the three political headaches for President Barack Obama unfolded.
Luke Rogonjich, a tea party leader in Phoenix, called the trio of controversies a powerful confluence that bolsters the GOPs case against big government. Suddenly, there are a lot of things pressing on the dam, said Rogonjich.
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Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)the track to the money laundering hasn't been exposed yet. Teabaggers should hold their horses! Well maybe they shouldn't and it will all come out in the wash!
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)CBHagman
(16,987 posts)...this could give them a bump, at least temporarily. However, as far as I know they've never enjoyed any particular widespread support.
That said, they still influence primaries quite strongly, at least in some areas, so despite their relatively low numbers they've had quite an influence on U.S. politics -- a malign one.