Monday, December 3, 2012

Tea Party vs. Progressive Republicans — Battle for the Soul of the GOP

Via Don


Country Tea Party/The Founders Would Have Been Done By Now



 

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.”

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5 comments:

  1. That pretty young lady looks vaguely familiar... :)

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  2. Screw 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.

    DAN III

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    1. 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.
      Terry
      Fla

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    2. The statist R's keep claiming to be TEA party but they are lying and trying to co opt the movement.

      Yes, 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.

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