Republicans want it both ways. They want to be the party of fiscal conservatism, family values and compassion while they gut programs supporting the elderly, the poor and the sick. They want to be the party of inclusion and the big tent while avoiding offending the birthers, big oil or flat earth science promoters.
I think the party of birthers, creationists, climate change deniers, antiimmigration and partying with lobbiests is about to face the public pretending they are mainstream.
Can I get a few more people to car pool to the Bristol Palin Abstinance-only Reproductive Policy Seminar?
With memories of last year's bitter town hall meetings still fresh, Democrats vowed on Wednesday to go on the offense during the August congressional recess and aggressively link Republicans with the conservative Tea Party movement.
Democratic leaders said the Republican Party had moved out of the mainstream to adopt Tea Party goals like privatizing the Social Security retirement program, extending tax breaks for the rich and abolishing some federal agencies.
They promised to paint November's election as a stark choice between moving ahead with a healthcare overhaul and tougher regulations on Wall Street, or backing a Republican Party that wants to repeal those initiatives.
"The Republican Party agenda has become the Tea Party agenda, and vice versa," Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine told reporters.
Democrats Tie Republicans to Tea Party Agenda
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