When a real Tea Partier runs against a Republican who acts like a Tea Partier,

[MannyGoldstein]

Voters will pick the real Tea Partier in every primary. (But in the general election, the person on the Democratic ticket will win.)
- Harry Truman's Ghost

[Skittles]

1. they are all teabaggers

it is just a matter of degree

[HooptieWagon]

2. There's still centrist republicans...

... who are horrified at the batshit crazy. And there's a whole lot of Independants, whom already had enough differences with GOP to not register that party.

[JaneyVee]

3. Where are these centrist Republicans you speak of?

[HooptieWagon]

5. I have many republican friends...

... none of them teabaggers. They tend to be pretty quiet these days, and I try not to pour salt in their wounds.

[morningfog]

6. None of note in the House or Senate.

[HooptieWagon]

8. 1 Representative = 200,000 registered voters.

Not all those registered voters are teabaggers, and don't agree with the direction the tealiban wants to take the GOP. Eventually the pendulum swings back.

[morningfog]

10. Right. I don't disagree that some voters are not teabaggers. My point, and I think the

other poster's, was that there are not centrists or moderate repubs in the US House or Senate.

[HooptieWagon]

12. Fewer and fewer....

...which puts them too extreme and out of touch of a large numbers of voters.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. A couple in a local city hall

They have been there for decades. They are concerned on how you fill pot holes mostly, there are so many ways you can do that.

A couple at the local board of supers. They are older than Moses, and while conservative, not tea party. This is a fine distinction, though one might be seen as pre tea party or proto tea party.

Then you have a few others in the Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of Chamber, the national has targeted the Tea Party (which will make this race fascinating, do we support the tea party nut job, or the Obama sympathizer, choices, choices, if you are the chamber...and strong tea is really bad for business)

You cover politics enough, you realize the real loud mouths are not necessarily the dominant forces. That said, they are loud.

The turnout on this one made my county though look we all showed up. And trust me, it was low. So just because the media dies not point to the now few moderate republicans, does not mean they are un existent even in Congress. Endangered breed, yes...but I suspect local government is where you will start to see moderation. I know we are.

[Skittles]

15. centrist

while sill supporting a party that is pro-senseless war, pro-torture, misogynist, homophobic, anti-worker, anti-science? Those ones?

[HooptieWagon]

16. They are slowly waking up.

They have been pulling the "R lever" out of habit. Now beginning to realize the teabaggers have gone too far.

[Skittles]

17. I think they are ALL teabaggers

it is just a matter of degree now

[HooptieWagon]

18. Good for you.

I have republican friends who are not and never were teabaggers. The teabaggers are a loud minority. Many republicans weren't paying close attention. Most voters don't follow politics as closely as DUers.

[Skittles]

19. at this point if you're still republican

SOMETHING is wrong - they have been UTTERLY DISGUSTING for some time now

[HooptieWagon]

22. Teabaggers been around what, 5 years?

It took republican voters 5 or 6 years to figure out W was an incompetent boob, and Cheney was a dick. Most people don't pay as close attention as we do here.

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Oh, my sweet summer child. We aren't going to win that seat.*

1) Heavily GOP district.

2) This Brat guy will be a media darling for unseating the House Majority Leader for the first time since 1899. That's a shitload of free publicity.

3) You can bet your ass that handlers on their way right now from Koch-sucker HQ to try to make him seem reasonable.


*Unless something really major happens like "being caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy"

[FSogol]

7. Nah, Democrats will pick up the seat. Brat will come out w/h some type of "I'm not a witch campaign

" before shooting himself in the foot. Repubs will stay home out of embarrassment.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. You sound confident of that...

You must have a better reason than I do, living in PA. I wonder what it is, and hope you're right.

[840high]

13. Brat will certainly

be a media darling.

[joshcryer]

11. Well if Obama is a socialist of course Cantor isn't right wing enough.

Those loonies want to bring fascism to America.

[Puzzledtraveller]

20. as channeled by Manny.

[Zorra]

21. I likes it. nt