On 8/30/2010 3:36 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
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> These mobilizations of the disgruntled rank and file on both the left and the right typically occur in opposition parties in times of crisis and quickly dissipate after they successfully restore their party leaders to power.
The issue isn't how many seats the TP win for the GOP but which candidates get elected and what their programs are. If you haven't noticed, in several races TP activists have managed to knock off candidates from the Republican establishment in the primaries and replace them with their own candidates, and in other races the GOP incumbents survived challenges only by moving sharply to the right (like McCain in AZ).
So I don't think this is true:
> the restless Republican ranks as yet lack any semblance of an organization or program which would allow them to mount a sustained challe!
> nge to their party establishments.
SA