[TomGuy]

What Tea Party advocate would ever call themselves a democrat?

There are conservative Democrats. Recall the Reagan Democrats, the blue-dog Democrats, etc.

They have the same problem as the rightwing 'extremists' in the GOP -- their party has been taken over by the libs/leftists/party-elitists.

Then, there are conservative independents who are not a part of either major party.

Conservative Dems don't want to jump ship, just like Conservative Republicans don't. They hang on to their old party, even as it sinks deeper into the mire of liberalism/progressiveism.

Both the Dem and Republican party elites know this. As long as they can keep their rightwings isolated, they control the party.

[onedoug]

Man, are you ever living in the past. Today there’s not a single democrat in Congress who is not an islamist, islamist facilitator or outright communist, and there are more than few so-called Republicans in their ranks as well.

I’d wake up.