2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumList of politicians affiliated with the tea party movement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_affiliated_with_the_Tea_Party_movementState by state, district by district, they need to be picked off one by one.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Massachusetts.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Lived there for half my life.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Only ONE in Alabama??? Hmmmmmmm
Southside
(338 posts)Also Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana and Michigan
May the force be with us. Surely The dark side in Michigan can be vanquished.
corkhead
(6,119 posts)In my district, Michigan's 7th, Koch Brother's toady Tim Walberg is behind in polling by 9 points against a "generic" Democratic candidate. The thing is, we actually have a legitimately viable candidate in Pam Barnes, but not many have heard about her yet.
Here is a recent interview with Pam Barnes in Michigan's great political blog, Eclectablog:
http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/08/interview-pam-byrnes-democratic-candidate-for-michigans-7th-congressional-district.html
Southside
(338 posts)Fabulous news. Thank you so much. That made my day. Thx
Southside
(338 posts)I don't know him and I dislike him. When is the election? Would like to send a donation.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)and it looks like they left out another one--Rick Perry.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)Texas.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)samsingh
(17,599 posts)Chef
(460 posts)There needs to be an organized effort to fund opponents to these yahoos (yes Yoho to). The idea is to develop a cadre of people who pick one of these people and concentrate donations to help get them out of office. Some may not be vulnerable because there are just too many like minded voters in their districts to overcome with donations but, worth a try. I am not sure that the current sources are focused enough to take them out.
Moral Compass
(1,521 posts)Looks like you forgot Steve Stockman who is currently in the House of Representatives.
But keep up the good work.
Moral Compass
(1,521 posts)Just checked and the longest listing is for the state of Texas--where everything is bigger. Even the stupidity.
BTW, I live in Texas.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)You have my condolences, truly. My dad's best (blue) friend lives in Plano and is going pretty nuts. Maybe we should organize a DU fund-raising extravaganza for Texas only. Beginning now.
hauckeye
(635 posts)My congressperson is on the list (Tom Price from Georgia). I assure you I've never voted for him, but I live in a conservative district
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)and that doesn't even include Issa. I think it's a matter of paying very close attention in the next few months as candidates come forward who have a prayer of knocking these knuckleheads out once and for all.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)I'm happy to say there is a great woman running against him - Gwen Graham (https://www.gwengraham.com/). She is the daughter of Bob Graham so should have the political savvy to handle whatever the tea party backers throw at her.
I've already signed up on her web site and hope to volunteer for her campaign if they can use me.