Tea Party Darlings in Trouble?

[Seawytch]

Looks like the blush may be off the Tea Party rose...

A series of Public Policy Polling (PPP) surveys conducted from Oct. 25-26 and released on Sunday show four GOP freshmen -- Reps. Allen West (R-Fla.), Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) and Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) -- facing trouble in the polls. Veteran Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) is also in a battle for his electoral life.

Tea Party Polls: Allen West, Joe Walsh Among Incumbents In Trouble, PPP Data Finds

 

[Mac1958]

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At some point the GOP will have to be able to stand on its own two feet, without leaning on its whackos.

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[Seawytch]

It is the inability to compromise, I think, that is turning voters off.

 

[tyroneweaver]

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At some point the GOP will have to be able to stand on its own two feet, without leaning on its whackos.

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as opposed to financial bribery by the left.

 

[Seawytch]

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At some point the GOP will have to be able to stand on its own two feet, without leaning on its whackos.

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as opposed to financial bribery by the left.

You mean wanting to pay for all the shit Bush put on the credit card?

 

[JimH52]

It doesn't matter who wins the Presidency, the Tea Baggers will be minimized. Remember that Ryan is counting himself among them. Moderate Mitt, the "severely conservative" wonder will turn his back on them quickly.

He chose Ryan to win Wisconsin and he will lose it....

 

[Luddly Neddite]

This bunch of froot loops were elected on the promise of jobs and as we all know, they have not even made a vote in favor of jobs or introduced even one jobs bill. Instead, they have yammered almost daily about so-called "social" issues, passing lots of Big Government laws and taking basic human rights away from the people they hate.

Even if they were not in favor of huge government control over citizens, some of them are just so incredibly crazy, they're damn near certifiable.

The GOP is dead. I can't imagine how it can be resurrected any time in the near future. What they have now are a lot of fundie freaks who have been very effective in stopping any bipartisan efforts to work with the president. Its actually been pretty impressive the way they have taken over control of the government and split the congress.

 

[Mac1958]

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At some point the GOP will have to be able to stand on its own two feet, without leaning on its whackos.

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as opposed to financial bribery by the left.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

It doesn't matter who wins the Presidency, the Tea Baggers will be minimized. Remember that Ryan is counting himself among them. Moderate Mitt, the "severely conservative" wonder will turn his back on them quickly.

He chose Ryan to win Wisconsin and he will lose it....

Mitt has no balls of his own. We've seen him use his sons' , Ryans' and his wifes' but never seen him use his own.

I think Mitt will be what he has shown himself to be all along - whatever big money pays him to be.

Kochs, Bush's Brain are teepotter types, fundie and, as we've seen, very much in favor of huge government. Even though they don't believe Mitt will win, they'll own him if he does. That means no jobs or economic recovery efforts but lots of laws to control people and lots to increase money into the pockets of the 1%.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Thank goodness, because we don't want elected officials who want to balance the federal budget via spending cuts and pro-growth policies. We want elected officials who believe we can borrow and tax our way to prosperity. Look how well that's working in Europe!

 

[mikegriffith1]

Kochs, Bush's Brain are teepotter types, fundie and, as we've seen, very much in favor of huge government. Even though they don't believe Mitt will win, they'll own him if he does. That means no jobs or economic recovery efforts but lots of laws to control people and lots to increase money into the pockets of the 1%.

It's scary to think that you might really believe such polemic.

When Romney was governor, he brought the state's unemployment rate down to below 5%, balanced the state budget, cut property taxes for seniors, increased the state's reserve fund, improved the state's bond rating, raised the state's job-creation ranking from 47th to 28th, and increased the number of charter schools.

You don't want a guy with that sterling record, but you want Obama, who has piled up more debt in 45 months than Bush did in 8 years, who has given us three years in a row of declining GDP growth, who has compiled the worst job-creation record of any president in the last 70 years, who has given us the "new normal" of $4 gallon for gas when gas was less than half that when he took office, who rammed through a "stimulus" bill that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8% and unemployment soared to over 10% and has been above or just below 8% for over 3 years now?

 

[Wacky Quacky]

The Tea Party was in trouble as soon as it let itself be assimilated by the Republican Party.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

The Tea Party was in trouble as soon as it let itself be assimilated by the Republican Party.

You mean, sold out to the Kochs.

 

[Mac1958]

The Tea Party was in trouble as soon as it let itself be assimilated by the Republican Party.

The moment the Palin/Bachmann/Beck types co-opted it, it was over.

And that was about two weeks into it.

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[Toro]

I voted for the opponent of my Tea Party Congressman because he voted not to raise the debt ceiling. He may lose.

 

[amrchaos]

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At some point the GOP will have to be able to stand on its own two feet, without leaning on its whackos.

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as opposed to financial bribery by the left.

Financial Bribery is a form of compromise!!

 

[BreezeWood]

in fact the House Republicans have positioned themselves to retain most of their recent gains ...

 

[Amelia]

I hope West pulls out a win. Walsh can take a flying leap.

 

[bripat9643]

Looks like the blush may be off the Tea Party rose...

A series of Public Policy Polling (PPP) surveys conducted from Oct. 25-26 and released on Sunday show four GOP freshmen -- Reps. Allen West (R-Fla.), Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) and Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) -- facing trouble in the polls. Veteran Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) is also in a battle for his electoral life.

Tea Party Polls: Allen West, Joe Walsh Among Incumbents In Trouble, PPP Data Finds

Democrats have targeted West and Bachmann for elimination and outside groups are pouring in tons of money to defeat them. I don't know about the other tea party candidates, but I assume the same story applies there.

 

[GuyPinestra]

Yeah, God forbid we keep any politicians that actually know what a balanced budget looks like...