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Democrats declare the tea party ‘over’
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Posted on 11/05/2012 10:19:20 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Democrats declare the tea party ‘over’ By Chris Moody, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 1 hr 27 mins ago

MADISON, Wisc. -- The tea party, at least its widespread influence on Republican congressional candidates, "is over," declared the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party group charged with electing Democrats to the House.

"House Republican incumbents — and their candidates — are running as far away from the Tea Party as they can," a pre-election DCCC memo provided to Yahoo News reads. "Regardless of whether [Republicans] win or lose, the Tea Party of 2010 is over. They've been forced on defense in the message fight all cycle long, and now those who win will have done so by giving up on the Tea Party."

The memo argues that Republican lawmakers who arose from the tea party are now promoting bipartisanship and willingness to compromise in their re-election bids instead of embracing the hardline messages that propelled their campaigns two years ago.

It is possible, of course, that this Democratic declaration is premature. Tea party-backed candidates dominated Republican primary contests across the country in 2012, launching what could be a new class of future Republican leaders. In Texas, Ted Cruz defeated the establishment candidate backed by Gov. Rick Perry, and in Indiana, Richard Mourdock forced longtime Republican Sen. Richard Lugar into early retirement. Looking to 2013, tea party groups who are begrudgingly backing Romney have vowed to press him, should he become president, toward conservative positions.

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To: februus

i remember that bruce sh!tstain rally...i thought the number was closer to 80K....

just found this:

“With a crowd numbering thousands between the Capitol and Monona Terrace, Obama sought with his 24-minute speech to lock down a second term with his second trip to the state in the three days.”

“In the run-up to the 2004 election, an estimated 80,000 people showed up to see Democratic nominee John Kerry and Springsteen in downtown Madison as Kerry campaigned toward winning the state but losing the election.”

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/177252611.html


21 posted on 11/05/2012 11:04:11 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Sub-Driver

22 posted on 11/05/2012 11:06:08 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Sub-Driver

23 posted on 11/05/2012 11:06:13 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Sub-Driver

Democrats declare the tea party ‘over’

They’re right at least for tomorrow night.
It’s Dom Perignon.


24 posted on 11/05/2012 11:09:16 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: Sub-Driver

Yep, coming from the broke DCCC, reported by Yahoo in Madison, Wisconsin. Sure, I will buy it. Said NO ONE EVER>

Just how many seats does Debbie Blabbermouth think she is going to pick up?


25 posted on 11/05/2012 11:14:00 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Sub-Driver
Nothing's over until WE decide it's over
26 posted on 11/05/2012 11:14:57 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: LonePalm

The TEA Party is dead. Long live the TEA Party!!!!!!!!!


27 posted on 11/05/2012 11:19:29 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Sub-Driver

Yes. The Tea Party is over, man-made global warming is real, Islam is a ‘religion of peace’, and Obama is going to win in a landslide.

Democrats would be hilarious, if they weren’t so dangerous to the nation’s continued survival.


28 posted on 11/05/2012 11:20:48 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: JDoutrider

They have no idea what’s coming their way!
You could say that again!!!!!!So I did.


29 posted on 11/05/2012 11:23:10 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Sub-Driver

We are dead again? Far from it here in my area. But if we get Mittens in, the Rinos are going to get a run for their money. Eyes are wide open and hopefully the GOP won’t look a gift horse in the mouth...again.


30 posted on 11/05/2012 11:26:25 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Sub-Driver

Reminds me of old graffiti.
“GOD is dead.” Fred
“Fred is DEAD!” GOD


31 posted on 11/05/2012 11:29:37 AM PST by GOYAKLA (Recall/ Impeachment Day, November 6, 2012. FUBO, same for RINOs)
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To: Sub-Driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI
“Over?”
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”


32 posted on 11/05/2012 11:30:54 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Sub-Driver

They’ve misread the tea leaves, so to speak. It may be true that people running for Congress aren’t touting their association with the Tea Party anymore, but that is because they don’t have to. After 2010, the Republican Party, at least as far as the House is concerned, IS the Tea Party. We’re no longer an outside group trying to get in, so referring to the Tea Party as an outside affiliation is becoming increasingly irrelevant.


33 posted on 11/05/2012 11:41:20 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Tomorrow the not so dead Tea Party is going jump all over Barack Obama’s ass and go Cock-a-Doodle Do! Cannot wait for Hurricane Tea Party!!!


34 posted on 11/05/2012 11:47:57 AM PST by micmac
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To: Sub-Driver

As I said here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2952929/posts.

If Romney wins and gets a second term as well, the dems would have held the presidency for only FOUR years out of the first 24 years of this century.

Which party is dead? Harry Reid, are you there? Bueller?


35 posted on 11/05/2012 11:57:16 AM PST by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Think they are still hurtin from 2010, Grampa?


36 posted on 11/05/2012 11:57:20 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Sub-Driver
Makers vs. Takers

Producers vs. Dependents

Tax Payers vs. Non-Tax Payers

The Tea Party is full of Makers, Producers, and Tax payers.

They pay the bills and they are Taxed Enough Already.

When the “president” can't fill a high school auditorium, Glenn Beck fills Texas Stadium with Tea Partiers. I was there, and the 60,000 plus in attendance did not look “dead” to me.

37 posted on 11/05/2012 12:00:30 PM PST by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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To: subterfuge

How do you get 24 years? 8 bush. 4 0. 8 Romney. = 20 ( if you count Clinton you get one more for dems)


38 posted on 11/05/2012 12:28:17 PM PST by st.eqed
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To: Sub-Driver
If you are a Teaparty member, this allows you to kill libs and not get in trouble cause you don’t exsist.
39 posted on 11/05/2012 1:18:33 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: CPT Clay

“Think they are still hurtin from 2010, Grampa?”

I hope so, and lets make them hurt even more this Tuesday and feel really bad until the next election.


40 posted on 11/05/2012 1:34:13 PM PST by Grampa Dave (We are the 53%, who pay taxes and keep this country going inspite of the 47% rat moochers!)
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