"If Tea Party supporters outnumber Republicans, who's the spoiler then?"

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Good grief, even Slate gets it!!!

Concluding paragraph:

"But the poll's real significance is that it upends the spoiler equation. Until now, a conservative running on a third-party ticket, as Doug Hoffman did in New York's 23rd Congressional District, was considered a spoiler for dividing the GOP coalition. If Tea Party supporters outnumber Republicans, who's the spoiler then?"

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[lucy-chronicles.livejournal.com]

now if the rest of the world would simply DO it instead of voting party lines, fear of dick or dork/lesser of the evils etc. every time.

i'll be convinced when it actually HAPPENS.

Re: like it...

[shezan.livejournal.com]

(BTW, have I told you how nice it is to find you here? Cat!Draco agrees!)

[sabbrielle.livejournal.com]

"...the number of people who self-identify as Tea Partiers is going to be different from the number of people who want lower taxes, deficit reduction, and smaller government."

If "lower taxes, deficit reduction, and smaller government" actually summed up the Republican party, they would not be where they are today. The GOP no longer has any claim to being the party of small government.

"'How much of this is the Glenn Beck-, Fox News-inspired movement that those of us who cover politics know so well, and how much is third party identification?'"

*cringe* That the Tea Parties were inspired by Glenn Beck and Fox News was just desperate liberal propaganda right along with Pelosi's comments about astroturf. Unfortunately Beam seems to be quoting Blumenthal without examining such a poisonous statement.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Well, Slate is liberal. All the same, the editorializing doesn't matter that much - the figures are there!

[sabbrielle.livejournal.com]

Quite right. Thank you for sharing.