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> On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
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> > Frank Rich had a good piece on Sunday about the tea party Republicans,
> rightly observing that "whatever Tuesday’s results, this much is certain:
> The Tea Party’s hopes for actually effecting change in Washington will start
> being dashed the morning after...
>
> Actually it started last night. On Fox, even before the polls had all
> closed, Jim DeMint evaded questions about joining a TP caucus in Congress,
> saying that they're just going to expand the Conservative Caucus.
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>
Exactly this. I was watching some of the same stuff, I think. It was pointed
out by a woman whose name I don't recall, in response to some Chris Wallace
triumphalism, that Boehner will, as she put it, "run a tight ship." They
will get the n00bs under lock and key but quick.
j