Via Don
Since Nov. 6, there has been no shortage of opinions as to why
challenger Mitt Romney and the Republican Party failed to ouster
President Barack Obama. Pre-election divisions in the Republican Party
between moderates and conservatives have only widened since Romney’s
defeat and the party’s strategy for the future remains unclear, a source
of contention and heated internal & external debate.
Specifically,
many now wonder what the sobering 2012 election results means for the
right-leaning Tea Party, the champions of personal freedom and smaller
government who exploded on the political scene in the 2010 midterm
elections. The re-election of a progressive like Barack Obama would
seem to signal the end of the conservative Tea Party, but the movement’s
conservative leaders insist that last month’s election results only
vindicate the group’s message.
“The Tea Party is not a political party; it’s an informal community
of Americans who support a set of fiscally conservative issues,” says
FreedomWorks’ Matt Kibbe. “And when you take a look at the roster of
new fiscal conservatives being sent to Congress next year, it’s clear
our issues are winning.”
That pretty young lady looks vaguely familiar... :)
ReplyDeleteThree years ago.:)
DeleteScrew the TEA Party. It is filled with progressive and moderate Republicans. These fools support the same old status quo within the Republican Party. TEA party participants are no more than one wing of the same Republican bird.
ReplyDeleteDAN III
Dan, I don't know where you get your info, but not around here nor with my Indy and Ga. connections. The statist R's keep claiming to be TEA party but they are lying and trying to co opt the movement.
DeleteTerry
Fla
The statist R's keep claiming to be TEA party but they are lying and trying to co opt the movement.
DeleteYes, as you saw today they removed some who weren't voting the party line from powerful committee and one was my Ron Paul republican Walter Jones.