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I've heard talk about how the Tea Party is so popular and powerful in areas, it becomes the face of the GOP or more popular than the GOP in that area. If this is the case, why not give them a platform to ride on so there's an option besides Republican or Democrat? It would be interesting to see how elective polls would swing.
I've heard talk about how the Tea Party is so popular and powerful in areas, it becomes the face of the GOP or more popular than the GOP in that area. If this is the case, why not give them a platform to ride on so there's an option besides Republican or Democrat? It would be interesting to see how elective polls would swing.
The only people saying the tea party is that popular are left wingers who are using it to blame Obamas policies for not working at they were intended. You know, those who hate people for having a different opinion.
Those of us on the right, know the tea party is a very small group of the party and in reality, they wont need to form their own group, they could probably just go join the libertarian party and be just as happy.
Forming yet another political party wont do anygood other than ensure Democrats will win every election by splitting up the voters on the right once again.
I'm pretty sure he meant one party rule like he stated. There isnt a lot of difference between Democrats and Republicans in office nowadays, the only argument is over what policies will help push their big government agenda.
Look at how many policies Democrats opposed Bush for using and passing, only to have Obama expand them, and not a peep of protest from Democrats..
The only people saying the tea party is that popular are left wingers who are using it to blame Obamas policies for not working at they were intended. You know, those who hate people for having a different opinion.
Those of us on the right, know the tea party is a very small group of the party and in reality, they wont need to form their own group, they could probably just go join the libertarian party and be just as happy.
Forming yet another political party wont do anygood other than ensure Democrats will win every election by splitting up the voters on the right once again.
You heard about coalitions, right? In theory the Tea Party Party and the GOP could form a government to rule.
People are certainly free to form a party that espouses commonly-held tea party principles. However, I don't see them becoming a major third party. Perot's Reform party had some success in the 90s, but I think people eventually realized that they only weakened the Republicans by drawing away their supporters.
A Tea Party that put forth candidates under its own banner may manage to get a few congressmen elected in addition to some local offices, but in a presidential or even senatorial election they will only dilute Republican numbers. There may be some blue dog Democrats that agree with the TP on some issues, but I think their numbers are not very significant. On a positive note, the TP convention would probably be every bit as entertaining as the Libertarian one - but with tricorn hats!
You heard about coalitions, right? In theory the Tea Party Party and the GOP could form a government to rule.
They'd have to win elections in order to from coalitions to rule, and splitting the party up would cause winning elections to be mathmathically impossible.
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