How can 12% of the house do such distruction

[SoutherDem]

Correct me if I am wrong but there are 51 Tea Party Members of the House. There are 435 total house members. The Tea Party is only 12%, how are they holding such power over the Speaker? Based on several studies 10% of the population is Gay, add another 3 or 4 % which are Bi. We, the GLBT community, are told to sit down and shut up because majority rules in America. Why don't we tell the 12% of Tea Partiers to sit down and shut up? :crazy:

[Drale]

1. One man with a nuclear weapon can do far more damage

that 1000 men with rifles.

[SoutherDem]

2. Good point

[Andy823]

3. It's all about "FEAR"!

If Boehner and the other normal, if you can call them normal, republicans don't kiss up to the tea baggers, they will have a tea bagger running against them in a primary before next years election. The are afraid that they might lose that primary, although I really think that the tea party craze is fading fast and they aren't going to be so powerful in the next election, mainly because the big money that backed them the last time have seen just how crazy they really are.

[tblue]

4. Maybe it's the r/w media fanning the flames

coupled with a president who fears their criticism and who'd rather publicly castigate progressives. if he'd define the issue in no uncertain terms, I really believe we'd be looking at a different landscape. We have no real leadership, so what you see is a handful of the Democratic caucus trying to drive progressive policy and begging the president not to give In to Tea Party demands, with mo guarantee that he'll side with progressives.

[quaker bill]

5. Because that is larger than the R majority

Besides that you have to know that there are large numbers of teahadist sympathizers and those who might not sympathize but know a primary challenge awaits if they disobey. Bottom line, Boehener can't pull together 218 votes for anything that would be considered in the Senate. Nancy Pelosi probably could, she only needs 20 or so of the most moderate R's. I will bet this is how it goes down.

[TNLib]

6. I hope your right

nt

[ohheckyeah]

7. You're wrong....

it's destruction. :-)

[PoliticAverse]

8. There are 60 members of the Tea Party Caucus in the House...

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus

[EC]

9. Because Boner won't write a bill that

Dems will vote for too. He needs Dem votes and he just won't do it.