What is the difference between the Tea Party and the mainstream Republican Party?

[kentuck]

I don't see a bit of difference in the two?

There is no more mainstream Republican Party. They sold their soul to the devil.

In order to prevent a disastrous desertion from the Republican Party , after two wars and over $10 trillion dollars in debt, in addition to the crash of the stock market and the bailout of the banks, the mainstream Republicans joined the Tea Party and there was no issue they were not willing to sacrifice to become part of the Tea Party club.

Need I repeat? There is no Republican Party.

[AlinPA]

1. When I see someone write "establishment republicans" it makes me sick. It's stupid to say that there

is a difference between teabaggers and republicans. Boehner is the best example, where during the shutdown and threat to default, he led the house and his teabagger followers.

[kentuck]

3. Boehner is the perfect example...

They led him around on his all-fours, by the nose, and kicked his ass every time he would go by...

Mitch McConnell was just like Boehner until he saw that it was probably a big negative with an election coming up. He figured he could sell himself better as a mainstream Republican, rather than a radical Tea Partier. No doubt, he weighed the decision very carefully. He has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the voters in Kentucky for 30 years. You can only imagine how stupid his followers truly are...

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. none. tea party is an astroturfed labeling...

All just sales.

[Rod Beauvex]

4. There is none...

..because there is no Tea Party. There are just far right Republicans most of us would label bat shit crazy. There is no official Tea Party. Stop calling them the tea party and call them what they are.

Republicans.

[malaise]

5. Same difference

ReTHUGs Teaparty - same shite, different day.

[phantom power]

6. Better to think of it as: there is no Tea Party

Use of the phrase "Tea Party" obscures the fact that they're *all* republicans. There aint no choices on any ballot, anywhere, with the letter (T) after them.