Posted on 10/19/2012 11:30:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
There are those who say that the tea party is fading in influence, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the movement is on the cusp of achieving what once seemed nearly impossible: keeping the Senate Democratic.
A year ago, famed political handicapper Charlie Cook gave Republicans a 60 percent to 70 percent likelihood of capturing control of the Senate; now, he tells me the likelihood of it remaining Democratic is 60 percent.
The switch in fortunes can be attributed to many causes — a slate of lackluster Republican candidates high among them — but one thing is beyond serious dispute: If not for a series of tea party upsets in Republican primaries, the Republicans would be taking over the Senate majority in January.
There is a deep irony here: The tea party faithful, who claimed they wanted to shake up Washington, have wound up perpetuating the old system. In fighting for ideological purity in primaries regardless of the consequences, they have set back their own cause of limited government and expanded freedom.
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PUKE!
........and night is day and the sun circles the earth.
The GOP-e are already trying to set up the Tea Party as the scapegoat.
Getting rid of RINOs is not a vice.
Dana Milktoast.
Double-plus untrue!
Bull....
Consider the source; the ComPost.
Dana Millbank is a Leftist PUKE from way back. Here with this article we see his Tokyo Rose side.
The goal is not to put the GOPe in control as they have been instrumental in National fiscal mismanagement.
Down is up.
Welcome to Libville in the State of Denial.
Pray for America
Next.
Yuh. I remember how much the TEA Party helped the Democrats in 2010. Helped more than 600 of them out of office in elections at every level of government, from US Senate to local dogcatcher.
Milbank cites Todd Akin.
Akin was not a Tea party pick. He was the Christian Right/Huck pick. The Tea Party picks (Brunner and Steelman) split the vote and giving the win to Akin.
“by Dana Milbank”
A super loon.
You mean tea-party candidates like Thompson and Allen?
/sarc
DemocRATS doubling down on purple koolaid. They are all going down with Lil Barry “Epic Fail and Loser” Soetoro. The tea party is smacking DC silly.
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