candycorn
Diamond Member
The TEA Party is not a problem for the republican party. It's an asset. Only the gullible are swallowing the leftwing propaganda about the TEA Party.
If it comes down to
1 DNC....Obama
2 RNC....Romney, Perry, Gingrich, Polenta, etc...
3 TP......Bachman or Palin
You don't think the 2 & 3 are going to split the same votes?
Which is why the Tea Party has been trying to work with in the Republican Party, and not become a 3rd Party.
Yes...but the GOP can only nominate one candidate. It's not going to be Sarah Palin or Michell Bachman. Unless the nominee just flat out lies to the people about being the party of "no" and presents some policies where a few nickels and dimes may be spent on something other than Defense and Social Security...you'll see a split. Tea Partiers--a lot of them anyway--are stupid that way. There is no evidence to the contrary on that. The biggest thing is to appease the tea party monster....I'm guessing a VP slot which isn't going to help the ticket at all. Minnesota and Alaska?
Theres a long time between now and then but the immutable truth is that the Tea Party is petulant and it's an all or nothing proposition with the rank and file. Dick Armey understands compromise; he hasn't taught it to his followers yet.