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Pinocchio
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He is the best the GOP has right now, particularly with the Battle Grande that is occurring between the TP and Rove. Will Karl keep the crazies out of the Primaries this time?
I DOUBT IT!
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I'm not sure that 2014 is the place to fight that battle.
More than likely the GOP will make some gains, with or without teabaggers.
The real question is, will they still have steam going into the 2016 election.
2014 is the pivot election. If the GOP does well the TP will claim the credit and demand that their candidate must be at the top of the ticket in 2016. On the other hand if the GOP does poorly the establishment Republicans will use that as a lever to regain control of the party.
Of those 2 scenarios the likelihood of the GOP doing well in 2014 has a long historical precedent to back up that expectation. If the economy stagnates and/or the ACA runs into trouble again the GOP will have a good election.
The odds of failure for the GOP are much lower. The Dems would have to out fund raise the GOP and mobilize voter turnout on an unprecedented scale and not have any economic woes in the next 9 months. That trifecta is unlikely in my opinion.
I'm curious who you think this "They" are.
frankly, most of these things sound like pretty legitimate issues about the integrity and attitudes of candidates.
If Romney really has nothing but contempt for 47% of Americans (and falsely believes they don't pay taxes or work)
that's kind of an important thing to find out. And if he really believed that, why did he only say that kind of stuff to his fellow rich people?
And, of course, there is the delicious irony of fate that Mitt Romney himself landed at:
47.15%.
Ahhh, kismet....
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