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Related: About this forumGOP insiders freak out: Could Tea Party blow ANOTHER election?
2012 was just the beginning: Republicans are stuck in a civil war that threatens to derail even more winnable racesPETER FINOCCHIARO
With the Republican Party being torn apart by its internal civil war, an ideological battle that pits establishment Republicans against the no-compromise Tea Party/Christian Right, party backers are doing their best to suppress the craziness as the 2014 midterms approach. But are they succeeding?
The Chamber of Commerce and an assembly of anonymous plutocratic donors are pumping money into local congressional primaries to prevent Tea Party-endorsed candidates from scoring nominations. The plutocratic wing of the party is terrified of losing control of the House, and of missing its opportunity to win the Senate on the back of evangelical candidates who make factually incorrect remarks about rape or declare masturbation to be a sin.
There is a broad concern about having blown a significant number of races because the wrong candidates were selected, said Steven J. Law, president of Karl Roves American Crossroads. We dont view ourselves as being in the incumbent protection business, but we want to pick the most conservative candidate who can win.
The establishment wing is discovering that its hard to keep the crazy quiet when your partys voter base consists of neo-confederates, white supremacists, know-nothing libertarians, and evangelical theocrats. Moreover, social conservatives are no wilting wallflowers when it comes to raising campaign money. A recent Politico piece reported that roughly 25 socially conservative groups combined to pull in more than $280 million in 2011 and 2012. Notwithstanding the fact that much of the Koch brothers political spending goes to the ideologically insane, too.
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GOP insiders freak out: Could Tea Party blow ANOTHER election? (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2014
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gordianot
(15,238 posts)1. Dr. Frankenstein had a similar dilemma.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. I'm good with that.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)3. And too many on the Left ...
would have the Democratic party do the same, self-defeating, intra-party fighting thing.
riqster
(13,986 posts)4. Oh nonono, it's totally different you see,
Because it's the Left. See? TOTALLY different. I mean, Totes Magotes.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)5. Sure. Why not? Once you lose control, it's out of your control. nt
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)6. They will do whatever their Pastor tells them,
no matter what the Bible says.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)7. They are already throwing away Georgia.
And it appears they are putting up a second tier jackal in Louisiana.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)8. "we want to pick the most conservative candidate who can win.”
In other words, it's not the Belfry-Load of Bat-Shit Crazy that bothers them. They only want the most bat-shit crazy that can actually win in their state/district.
Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)9. The question is not "Could Tea Party blow ANOTHER election?" but...
.. how BADLY will they blow it.