Original tea partyers returning to GOP fold

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | March 8, 2014 | Salena Zito

[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[Paladin2]

"..that movement's peak in 2010..."

Just wait until 2014 and 2016, Honey.

[prisoner6]

I, for one, was never in the "GOP" fold.

Never was, never will be.

[SoConPubbie]

The dime-a-dozen outside groups that oversold their influence in Texas and in other states will continue to absorb great gobs of money in more races across the country, by accusing the “Washington establishment” and others of conspiring against them and provoking their losses

More propaganda from the GOP-E.

With the exception of the races mentioned in this article, the Old-Guard GOP-E that surrounded Straus in Texas were thoroughly trounced by Tea-partyers.

Don't buy the Lies by the GOP-E and their friends in the MSM.

[ilgipper]

I’d call the GOP DC establishment the swindlers. 2012 was a racket by the beltway consultants, who showed no inclination to win despite all their fundraising. They just wanted to cash in their percentage of all the media buys.

[windsorknot]

I tend to avoid “folds” as they tend to breed nasty fungi and bacteria.

[Hostage]

Tea Party PEAKED = Tea Party NOW IN DECLINE...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, so what’s so surprising here?

[tennmountainman]

If Karl Rove and the GOPe’s, keep trashing conservatives, conservatives won’t just stay home
they will send a message to the GOPe’s in an extreme way, if you know
what I mean.

[Paladin2]

Dear GOPe Salena:

No suport for GOPe candidates going forward...

Ditch Mitch, by any means necessary.

[Gene Eric]

>> Sometimes movements end

As did the article.

Now it’s time to wash the hands.

[jimpick]

This article is bunk. Most tea party people I know have given up trying to make a difference or have double their efforts to remove the GOPe. I have yet to see any that want to return to the GOPe.

[jimpick]

I should say they have given up because they have the government after them and they are laying low till the government stops attacking the people that they work for.

[EternalHope]

The GOPe and me are done for good.

I rather fight a known enemy than have to watch my back against an enemy who pretends to be my friend.

[Kansas58]

Milton Wolf, running against Pat Roberts in Kansas, is a moron.
Yes I want the true RINO types to pay with a primary challenge, but Wolf is wasting valuable time and money that Conservatives should spend elsewhere.

[onedoug]

Not me.

[Yogafist]

Might have a degree of believability to it if the GOP was actually doing anything to attract voters, but this article wants you to believe conservatives are motivated by spineless ineptitude. Anyone who thought we would topple all the rinos in one cycle need to remove their rose colored glasses. If we remove one or two, we will be doing good, and the establishment will have to start paying attention. Especially when it is depleting a substantial amount of their coffers just to get to the general election. Wars are not one on a single battle, and we are going to have to wear down the GOPe over time.

[Cold Heat]

Fist thing comes to mind is that the tea-party never was a party and those who were republicans never left anything to return to and the democrats likewise..

The reason is that there is nowhere to go! (party-wise)

So how can they return to the fold? The idea was to work though the party, not to replace it.

Now one thing that may have changed is donations...I know that I have not been very loose with my cash insofar as the party is concerned and prefer to support individuals only.

So....I don't see anything reversing it's self...and Texas is not a State that is of or was of concern to tea party folks..

And beating one of those old dog repubs with fat war chests and connections is probably not likely to happen there in the great state of Texas, without a scandal or two..

[Mount Athos]

The article seems to be saying that the tea party has lost influence and is nothing but swindlers.

This isn’t how I see things at all.

I see the tea party folks like Cruz as the only grownups in the room.

[drunknsage]

I think one of the important points is the description of some as inflexible. This idea of a single issue focused litmus test for tea party or conservative candidates is a major failing.

Take the pro life groups as an example. Their sole focus is abortion issues and unless a candidate follows their path lock-step, they take their ball, their money, their vote, and go home. A person could have great leadership skills and a whole host of other qualifications, but they are dismissed and not considered unless they meet this groups singular need. Even worse, their groupthink mindset shuns and shames others away, even those with similar political beliefs. You get labeled and dismissed as the opposition.

This behavior, actively in display here in FR, is stupid, childish, and cult-like. It is the path of an extremist and inevitability leads to isolation and political failure. Much of the Lefts success politically is owed to their ability to seize on issues like this and exploit their oppositions unyielding stance. Abortion, legalization of cannabis, and gay marriage are good examples of singular issues that keep zealot voters home and allow Democrats victory.

Just my take in it.

[GeronL]

I want to know who these deep-pocketed TEA partners supposedly are. I don’t think they exist