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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:21 PM Aug 2012

Mitt Romney Better Move to Right, Says Emboldened Tea Party


The stunning Texas victory of Ted Cruz, a young Tea Party-backed Republican over an establishment candidate vying for a Senate seat, has already so emboldened the insurgent conservative movement that activists are warning Mitt Romney he had better get on board.

"These guys [newly elected Tea Party candidates]" are going to force Romney to the right," said Andrea Shell, a spokeswoman for Tea Party group Freedom Works. "That is our entire mission."

Cruz won the Texas Republican primary Tuesday night. In Texas, winning the Republican nomination is a virtual lock on a Senate election.

His victory is the latest in a string of Tea Party candidates to tap into anti-establishment frustration within the Republican Party and overcome the steep odds and deep pockets of more mainstream candidates.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/mitt-romney-move-emboldened-tea-party/story?id=16906367#.UBmrc6B9bfY
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Mitt Romney Better Move to Right, Says Emboldened Tea Party (Original Post) cali Aug 2012 OP
Fine with me, the farther to the right he moves the farther from the Presidency he moves 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #1

1-Old-Man

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1. Fine with me, the farther to the right he moves the farther from the Presidency he moves
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:23 PM
Aug 2012

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