The Tea party has lost some close elections of late, and with these close losses, is growing anger at the GOP establishment (especially those who reach out to democrats). The tea party does not take losing well, nor do they take orders from their GOP elders and superiors in the halls of congress, when they are elected. So...is a split between the GOP establishment and the tea party around the corner, or will they be able to patch things up?
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/01/Mississippi_College_Republicans_Chair_Resigns_Becomes_Democr/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/06/tea-party-anger-over-mississippi-loss-ripples-across-states/
http://news.yahoo.com/miss-tea-party-leader-mark-mayfields-death-sign-195718564.html;_ylt=A0SO8xFwt7JT3HwAMtNXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0c25lYTQwBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM4NF8x
http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2013/10/16/republicans-must-call-the-suicide-prevention-hotline-1-800-gdp-grow/
Originally posted by bill718One thing about Democrats, they have no problem doing what they are told by their elders and superiors. Democrats are amazingly lock step in their voting.
The Tea party has lost some close elections of late, and with these close losses, is growing anger at the GOP establishment (especially those who reach out to democrats). The tea party does not take losing well, nor do they take orders from their GOP elders and superiors in the halls of congress, when they are elected. So...is a split between the GOP establi ...[text shortened]... es/louiswoodhill/2013/10/16/republicans-must-call-the-suicide-prevention-hotline-1-800-gdp-grow/
Originally posted by bill718The Tea Party is a relatively new movement. Given that they are fresh to the fray, I think they have done remarkably well. Now the GOP needs democrats to vote for them to win like Cochran in Mississip.
The Tea party has lost some close elections of late, and with these close losses, is growing anger at the GOP establishment (especially those who reach out to democrats). The tea party does not take losing well, nor do they take orders from their GOP elders and superiors in the halls of congress, when they are elected. So...is a split between the GOP establi ...[text shortened]... es/louiswoodhill/2013/10/16/republicans-must-call-the-suicide-prevention-hotline-1-800-gdp-grow/
I think looking at the loses is also telling. When John Boehner won, he lost a good 30 to 40% of the vote. His opponent, however, spent next to nothing to oppose him but Boehner spent millions. How can the Speaker of the House have trouble winning his seat back, let alone against someone who is broke?
I look at this as a victory of sorts. I mean, here we have the speaker of the House come close to losing from a no name Tea Party candidate who spent nothing to oppose him? The same can be said for Mitch McConnel. The leadership in the GOP is the weakest in US history.
I think that the most troubling aspect of Cantors loss for the powers that be is that the millions the GOP used to defeat the Tea Party candidate did nothing to help him. We are quickly getting to a stage where money no longer wins elections. People are just too fed up, but apparently they are not fed up enough just yet. Shrug. Let them have more of the same and that will continue to change.