[WS:] That is what I thought. Or better yet - it is just a new brand name for the Republican party, as there is no such a thing as non-right wing Republicans anymore. Therefore, I do not think that electoral success, if any, of the Repugs elected under the brand name of TP will produce any shift to the right from where the Repug party now stands - and has been standing for the past 12 or so years.
Wojtek
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:10 PM, SA wrote:
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>> To recap, out of 33 Senate races this year, TP candidates have a "good or better" chance of winning 8 of them. At that rate, if all seats were up for election this year, a quarter of the Senate could be filled by Tea Partiers.
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> Isn't that just a new name for right-wing Republicans? I doubt they'll caucus independently.
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