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To: vette6387
The Tea Party has a problem vetting candidates and they are hurting conservative efforts to remake the Republican Party.

You say that as if the GOP-e is infallible in their candidate selection.

If that is so, how did the Establishment candidates happen to lose in winnable states like Florida, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota and Wisconsin?

On the other hand, we have the Tea Party to thank for Ted Cruz and Deb Fischer.

7 posted on 04/07/2013 10:33:02 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

“You say that as if the GOP-e is infallible in their candidate selection.”

Not at all. I prefer that someone other than the GOPe be involved in the vetting/selection of candidates. I was merely pointing that in the case of Reid’s seat (as well as a couple of notable others), that we needlessly lost a seat that we should have won handily. Tea Party folks generally have my support, but what I have seen is the Religious Right imposing their collective will in candidate selections that has not gone well. I am looking for common sense vetting that focusses on the central issues of interest to most voters. I voted to uphold the sanctity of marriage here in California and I am disgusted with what has happened to “the will of the people” in that instance, but I’ve about gotten to the position that we need to leave that particular matter alone for the time being and focus on electing people who will put the country back to work, Unfortunately, I am probably in the minority in my view here.


10 posted on 04/07/2013 11:47:46 PM PDT by vette6387
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