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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:09 PM
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Meet the Tea Party's first 2012 target...they are targeting the last of the moderate Repubs
I wonder how this will play with the RNC... they are literally the elephant in "that" room


http://www.salon.com/news/olympia_snowe/?story=/politics/war_room/2010/11/12/olympia_snowe_tea_party


Meet the Tea Party's first 2012 target

The National Review's Brian Bolduc brings news that a conservative who is part of the Tea Party movement will soon announce a challenge to Sen. Olympia Snowe in the 2012 Republican primary:
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:13 PM
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1. I'm off to buy more butter and salt!
This looks like a really funny movie and I don't want to miss a frame of the republican meltdown/smackdown!
:popcorn:
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:15 PM
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2. That is what I am thinking.
This could be really interesting. Door meet wall..
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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:18 PM
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3. One of many that the Teabaggers want to purge from the GOP.
GOP sources say Mourdock weighing Lugar challenge

By BRIAN A. HOWEY

FRANKLIN -Multiple informed and reliable Republican sources are telling Howey Politics Indiana that Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is preparing to challenge U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in the 2012 Republican primary. Mourdock was reelected on Nov. 2, leading the ballot.



http://howeypolitics.com/main.asp?SectionID=39&SubSectionID=123&ArticleID=6324
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:19 PM
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4. RUH ROH... looks like they may have unleashed the hounds on themsleves
:bounce:
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raven42 Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:32 PM
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6. I wonder if Olympia Snowe will decide
to become a Democrat if her losing a republican primary becomes a real possibility? Either that or she'll probably decide to run as an independent in the general election.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:43 PM
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8. That is an interesting thought there.. You know I can see her running as an Indy
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:51 PM
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11. No way. She will join with Rand Paul and DeMint on votes. Otherwise she is toast.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:03 PM
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13. I could see that. I understand that she is very popular among her
constituents. To put it bluntly, the Republican Party probably needs her far more than she needs them.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:28 PM
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5. Now, who couldn't see THIS coming from a mile away?
:popcorn:
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:44 PM
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9. I hear that!
Pass the popcorn, this should be good:popcorn:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:43 PM
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7. The repukes who are being targeted might as well vote with the Dems..and try to salvage whatever
Edited on Sun Nov-14-10 05:43 PM by BrklynLiberal
self-respect they have left.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 05:46 PM
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10. The Tea Party is going to take no prisoners.. they will destroy them
so you are right.. if they want any kind of legacy..they may have to at least go indy..and vote with the Democrats
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 06:59 PM
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12. What is interesting is that some here
want to use the same playbook to purge the Democrats in Congress.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:25 PM
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16. We only want to purge the ones who put corporations over people...
...replacing them with Democrats who actually believe in Democratic principles - the sooner, the better.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 07:13 PM
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14. She's likely to retire anyway.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 08:21 PM
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15. Good - the sooner we have a far-right party and a Democratic party...
...without Blue Dogs, the sooner the people will be able to see which party serves them.
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RBInMaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:00 PM
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17. She may not run again. I'd love it if a teabagger won that nomination.
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:16 PM
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18. She should have made the switch to Big D a long time ago. nt
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-10 09:40 PM
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19. And Bob Corker...
... this brings me great joy.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/tea-party-targets-bailout-bob-corker.php
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