A Tea Party exit would help the GOP

[Seawytch]

A Tea Party exit would help the GOP

Well, then I hope the Tea Party sticks around until at least 2016. Of course, they'll likely be the contributing factor in the GOP's loss and then the GOP will finally drive their own monster away.

 

[Stephanie]

You're a fool for attacking the wrong thing. IT IS WELFARE and bailouts....

Not working Americans!!!

Right, Having a balanced budget wont help us at all. It's totally rational to spend a TRILLION$$ a year more than we make. There is no hope for this country while democrats are in charge and the fact they win elections says a lot about the intelligence of the nations voters.

all true, we are just about done
they went and re-elected Obama with his record of 7.8 % unemployment, trillion were added to our dept under him in one TERM, etc..that should tell us all we need to know

 

[JakeStarkey]

All we need to know is that the far right hates America.

 

[cutter]

You're a fool for attacking the wrong thing. IT IS WELFARE and bailouts....

Not working Americans!!!

Right, Having a balanced budget wont help us at all. It's totally rational to spend a TRILLION$$ a year more than we make. There is no hope for this country while democrats are in charge and the fact they win elections says a lot about the intelligence of the nations voters.

all true, we are just about done
they went and re-elected Obama with his record of 7.8 % unemployment, trillion were added to our dept under him in one TERM, etc..that should tell us all we need to know

We now have a situation where on one side you have the TEA PARTY wanting sound money, a balanced budget and full employment IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, running against a party that just votes themselves free stuff. 51% of the population pay no taxes and most of those are getting the free stuff and it's hard to convince them that we need to cut the free stuff or they need to pay more taxes. They will tell you it's the rich people that don't pay enough while the 51% that pay nothing are overtaxed. We are a nation of fools.

 

[martybegan]

All we need to know is that the far right hates America.

Actually it hates the people who want to destroy america as a Federal Republic, namely the progressive Statist Democratic party.

 

[nitroz]

A Tea Party exit would be helpful for America.

 

[birddog]

All we need to know is that the far right hates America.

P-K-B and Dumbass Alert!

 

[Nyvin]

Republicans can't win a damn thing without the moderates. No one can...The latest poll shows that they have a 76% negative few of you.

Going to a extreme that only has low 20's support and that's over half of your party. That isn't wise at all. Just plain dumb...

If elections were this nov about 20 years ago I'd be calling for a 60 seat swing. Maybe more.

That cannot win without moderates meme has been disproven. Both McCain and Romney had high marks from moderates and we saw what happened.
Maybe we need someone committed to spending on science, education, and infrastructure?

The fact that McCain and Romney LOST doesn't mean that Bachmann or Cain would've done BETTER!

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Amazing that many in the GOP are being lead by a group of adult children in the House. Just amazing!

Opinion: A tea party exit would be a blessing for GOP - CNN.com

Pragmatists want to change the GOP so that it can win elections and govern effectively. Tea party Republicans prefer to express their principles regardless of consequences, which is why the Pew survey in September found that 71% of them favored a government shutdown even though nearly 40% of them expected that shutdown to have a "major" impact on the economy.

Third-party threats frighten Republican leaders. They remember that Ross Perot's independent challenge badly hurt George H.W. Bush's re-election campaign in 1992

It's worth repeating over and over again. Add Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana, Sharron Angle in Nevada and Ken Buck in Colorado, Christine O'Donnell in Delaware and Joe Miller in Alaska -- and you have half a dozen Senate races lost to the GOP by extremist nominations.

What is the end game? Will the GOP finally come out of this and shun the TP or will the TP finally take the GOP down for the count? If I were a devout Republican, I would be concerned that a small group of extreme RWers are trying to take my party over.

I think there are many in the "real" GOP that think that very thing, but are afraid to speak a word about these children for fear of reprisal. All the while, the Democrats sit back and enjoy the show. They have greatly benefited over the loonie toons of the Baggers.

Indeed, but the entire economy has already been hurt by this bullshit. Businesses big and small are spooked by this shake up and are going to continue to stagnate through the end of the year, which will adversely affect retail Christmas sales which will kill consumer confidence coming into 2014.

The large corporations/manufacturers who have already fucked the average worker will use this as an excuse to put the screws to their current workers and demand more and say they can't give bonuses this year or promise raises because of the shaky state of the U.S. economy even though they are extremely liquid right now and sitting on billions upon billions of dollars.

Tea Baggers tried extortion, it didn't work and now we will ALL pay.

 

[JakeStarkey]

A Tea Party exit would help the GOP

Of course, it would, but one of five Americans for the last sixty years have wanted a Joe McCarthy and Ted Cruz country.

We in the mainstream GOP will make sure that never happens.

 

[Pete7469]

A frontal lobotomy will increase your chances to fornicate.

Please wear a condom.

 

[Katzndogz]

Because 1# It is destroying our economy and 2# Our lead in science.

You're just proving that the republican party is BAD for America.

Our educational system has already destroyed our lead in science. If you want a country that promotes scientific achievement, move to China.

 

[Redfish]

The tea party is not damaging the GOP, the rinos are damaging the GOP.

Doing what is right for the country in the long term may be temporarily painful. Having a boil excised is painful for a while, but in the long run its the right thing to do.

Polls be damned, standing up for freedom and the constitution is the most important thing any of us can do, and right now the tea party is the only group actively doing that.

 

[Katzndogz]

Republicans can't win a damn thing without the moderates. No one can...The latest poll shows that they have a 76% negative few of you.

Going to a extreme that only has low 20's support and that's over half of your party. That isn't wise at all. Just plain dumb...

If elections were this nov about 20 years ago I'd be calling for a 60 seat swing. Maybe more.

There are fewer and fewer moderates. It isn't just the republicans. The democrats are moving further to the left (losing moderates) and the republicans are moving further to the right (losing moderates). The moderates are going to have to make up their minds as to what direction they want the nation to move in.

 

[Nyvin]

Republicans can't win a damn thing without the moderates. No one can...The latest poll shows that they have a 76% negative few of you.

Going to a extreme that only has low 20's support and that's over half of your party. That isn't wise at all. Just plain dumb...

If elections were this nov about 20 years ago I'd be calling for a 60 seat swing. Maybe more.

There are fewer and fewer moderates. It isn't just the republicans. The democrats are moving further to the left (losing moderates) and the republicans are moving further to the right (losing moderates). The moderates are going to have to make up their minds as to what direction they want the nation to move in.

This is mostly a result of Gerrymandering in the House. Too many safe districts are created and thus the only real competition is from someone more conservative or more liberal then the incumbent...so the end game is just to always be as conservative or liberal as possible.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Congress is elected. Apparently, whether you authoritarians like it or not, the TP members of congress are there because they represent the views of individuals within the USofA construct.

Get used to it. The more the main stream retards (such as Fake) continue to talk out of both sides of their mouth and make promises they will not keep, the more of these people will ultimately get elected. You main stream, pragmatic, career politician lovers only have yourselves to blame for the polarization in the GOP, and in the two party paradigm as a whole.

Congrats on being "main stream"....and pragmatic. You've fucked it up royally.

 

[birddog]

I'm a Conservative first and a Republican second, and consider myself a Conservative Republican. The Tea Party is generally correct IMHO. We CRs are not "far right" at all, except in the eyes of idiots!

 

[JimH52]

the hate goes on AGAINST the people in this country, and for what? POLITICS, a party and this government

good ole CNN carrying the DNC water for them

this is YOUR MEDIA and YOUR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN FOLKS

you need to wake up

and this has already been posted, but you can't have enough hate against the tea party

Maybe CNN will carry an article saying how the liberals should leave this country they hate the people in it so much...what do you think?

You are drinking the FOX Kool-Aid. Enjoy! The bitterness will make you a little sleepy.

 

[JoeNormal]

Because 1# It is destroying our economy and 2# Our lead in science.

You're just proving that the republican party is BAD for America.

Our educational system has already destroyed our lead in science. If you want a country that promotes scientific achievement, move to China.

It wasn't our educational system that destroyed our lead in science. It was easy money doing other things. Science is hard. It takes a lot of time and effort to gain the skills necessary to enter the field. It wasn't until recently that you could get a good job in banking, financial analysis, or even sales and marketing that would pay a lot more than anything science-related.

I work with a few young people in engineering R&D (very similar to science) who are all products of the public education system and they are SHARP. If they can do it, others can too. Don't blame it on the educational system.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

We need a strong and sane voice of opposition in politics. Right now, the GOP is neither.

True.

And the reckless and irresponsible TPM component of the GOP is the reason why.