"House GOP Leaders, Business Groups Fight Back Against Tea Party: Report"

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House GOP Leaders, Business Groups Fight Back Against Tea Party: Report

The Huffington Post | By Sabrina Siddiqui

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/26/gop-tea-party_n_4504827.html

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House GOP leaders are eager to shift the focus toward a legislative agenda for 2014, rather than the intra-party fighting that dominated headlines throughout 2013. The Republican Party took a record beating at the polls in October when conservatives dragged leadership into an ill-fated strategy to shut down the government over Obamacare.

Outside groups that favor establishment Republicans are also looking for an end to the so-called GOP civil war and plan to put their resources behind more moderate candidates in the 2014 midterm elections. One such group is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which previously spent heavily on electing tea party candidates to Congress, only to have the same lawmakers stand in the way of the Chamber's legislative priorities.

The Chamber's top political strategist, Scott Reed, told the Journal that the group's focus is on winning back the Senate, and achieving that goal means "No fools on our ticket."


Although support for the tea party hit a record low this month at just 22 percent, conservative activists are prepared to fight back. Tea party candidates have continued to mount challenges against establishment incumbents for 2014, hoping to move seats in red states to the right, with backing from groups such as Heritage Action, Club for Growth and the Senate Conservatives Fund.




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1. Good. Let them deal with running "moderates" instead of us. We can run progressives!!

[kentuck]

2. Why?

Do they feel that the Democrats are more friendly to their concerns? Do they really care if there are fools in office so long as they vote their interests?