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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
3/24/2014 1:09:50 AM
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Thread should be "Can Republicans recover from their own party?"
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But that's my point - Tea Partiers aren't really Republicans, but they've taken over as the voice of the GOP.
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Edited by Vgnut: 3/24/2014 5:34:51 AMOf course they're Republicans. Are the Blue Dogs not Democrats? In any system where you have two parties there are going to be many factions under one tent. The Republicans were hardly a homogenous group prior to the Tea Party insurgence. Same goes for the Democrats. After the Republican defeats of 2012 the Tea Party faction lost a lot of its political capital. There isn't a cabal of Tea Party members controlling the Republicans. Which congressmen and senators are Tea Party members? My point is you can't really point to this party within a party because the two parties are big melting pots. For those distinct lines to be redrawn you'd need to see the Tea Party resurgent in 2014 and I'm not seeing that happening.
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Yes, you're right. My comment was more in jest, but shifts the perspective. The way you have it written (and I'm in no way trying to point fingers or suggest something is wrong) makes it seem that the GOP downfall is because of the Tea Party, when really the Tea Party's rise is because the GOP can't seem to run a decent platform. They seem more concerned with running a candidate who's policy is "I'm not that guy" rather than "These are my ideals."
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These are all very good points
