Tea Party brewing bitter battle for 2012
As destructive as I think this is to good governance, can't help but indulging in a wee bit of schadenfreude over seeing Republicans reap what they sowed.
The GOPers were laughing when they roused the ill-defined rage within the Town Hall mobs with their clever sloganery and outright lies against the Democrats. I doubt they're finding it quite so amusing now. Lugar is being targeted for "consorting with the enemy." He commited the cardinal sin of working with Democrats on New START, the Dream Act and voting to confirm Sotomayor and Kagan.
Leaders of more than 70 Tea Party groups in Indiana gathered last weekend to sign a proclamation saying they would all support one candidate — as yet undetermined — in a primary challenge to Senator Richard G. Lugar, the Republican who has represented the state since 1977.Also on the Tea Party hit list are Olympia Snowe and Orrin Hatch, all for failing to pass the "true conservative" purity test.
The GOPers were laughing when they roused the ill-defined rage within the Town Hall mobs with their clever sloganery and outright lies against the Democrats. I doubt they're finding it quite so amusing now. Lugar is being targeted for "consorting with the enemy." He commited the cardinal sin of working with Democrats on New START, the Dream Act and voting to confirm Sotomayor and Kagan.
“The senator would call it bipartisanship, but we think you’re siding with the other side,” said Greg Fettig, a Tea Party supporter in Indiana.Seems the only option left for Republicans who want to stay in office is to jump on the train to Crazytown or get ridden out of town on a rail. Helluva choice.
Another, Mark Holwager, said, “He may have been a conservative at one time, but he definitely leans to the left now.”
Labels: Republicans, Tea Party
posted by Libby Spencer at 1:52 PM
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Libby Spencer "As destructive as I think this is to good governance, can't help but indulging in a wee bit of schadenfreude over seeing Republicans reap what they sowed. "
I do not see anything resembling "destructive to good governance" with groups of like minded citizens participating in the political process...at any level.
The problem (imo) is that not enough people are engaged.
"at any level."
Ecce porta infernii. There are levels to which I would prefer us not to descend. Some of those levels have been suggested by certain candidates, to much applause.
But since Republicans have a smaller plurality than Democrats, high turnouts generally favor the latter.
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