Tea Party-backed Republicans spur party switches

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - For lifelong Republican Joe Errigo, deciding to cross party lines and support a liberal Democrat for New York governor wasn't nearly as difficult as one might expect.

Republican candidate Carl Paladino -- backed by the conservative Tea Party movement -- raised such political hackles he spawned a "Republicans for Cuomo" movement supporting Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Similar groups can be found in heated races elsewhere nationwide, often those featuring Tea Party-endorsed candidates, attacked by Democrats and some moderate Republicans as extreme.

"When I saw his website, I said nobody could be that dumb," said Errigo, an upstate New York Assemblyman, of Paladino, a Buffalo developer and political newcomer.

"He has alienated every group that I could think of," said Errigo. "He should write a book on how to lose an election."



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69R0JQ20101028

[SpiralHawk]

1. Honorable Americans recognize the Republicon TaBagging Suckerpuppets are...

about as low as you can go on the political scale of FAIL.

[No Elephants]

2. Reuters lies. Errigo did not attack Palladino as extreme. He attack Palladino as dumb.

The likes of Palladino, Angle and O'Donnell are anywhere from mind numbingly dumb to looney.

Only the cream of the Douchebagger crop rise to the level of merely "extreme."

Still, overall, it was a good story for Dems.

[Kennah]

3. Greed Is Good, But Dumb Is Gooder

If one is a big multinational, one views dumb as a desirable trait when purchasing a Congressional Representative or Senator. Dumb means they are more easily led around.