Gallup poll shows Tea Party supporters the most motivated to vote

Hot Air ^ | October 24, 2014 | Ed Morrissey

[Arm_Bears]

So all is forgiven, huh?

After being cr@pped on by the GOP-e during the primaries, TEA Partiers will be turning out in droves to support RINOs?

[Tzimisce]

Ready to vote....for all the good it does. :(

[Billthedrill]

Broken glass, baby. I’m gonna have to be careful not to stick the pencil through the card. BTT

[mdittmar]

Mailed my ballot yesterday,voted for the Tea Party guy,not the rino.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Maybe they realize that voting for communists, er, Democrats never works? Do you think I really want to vote for John Cornyn?

[InterceptPoint]

So all is forgiven, huh?

No, all is not forgiven. Remember Mississippi.

But not voting, voting for third party losers or worse, voting for a Dem is foolhardy.

So I'm not surprised at all by this poll. Tea Party folks, and I count myself in that group, want to win the Senate even if it isn't made up of 54 Ted Cruz clones. Control is important. They know that and they are motivated to make it happen. And so am I.

[2001convSVT]

Yep, broken glass baby!

[Zathras]

It would be a lot better if Rove and Co had not used us as his personal outhouse

[LostInBayport]

I’m not thrilled to cast a vote for Charlie Baker, but the alternative is having the Witch of Fells Acres as governor of my state. There are some other races and ballot questions that are definitely worth an enthusiastic vote, though. I will do my part knowing that any victory will be short as the next battle - getting a RINO congress to do conservative things - begins in January.

I won’t be thrilled to see a gloating turtle strut around during the first week of November, but will take some solace in the gnashing of teeth and bitter tears of liberals if there is a wave that washes many of their fellow travelers out to sea.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I could only justify voting for a Dem if doing so resulted in some significant turnover in GOP leadership. Like booting Mitch McConnell.

[MrB]

Nope, not forgiven.

Vote against the RINO in the primary, against the ‘rat in the general.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Gallup poll shows Tea Party supporters the most motivated to vote

Yes, but are the numbers big enough to make a difference?

They will be needed especially for the Senate races in Georgia, North Carolina and Kansas

[nomad]

I`m fired up about voting, just not for the GOPe, its third party! Oh, and before the GOP sycophants show up and flip out.

YOU guys need to get this into your heads, we who will never again vote the lesser of two evils are not trying to convince YOU not to get onto the republiCrat plantation, it`s just that, well in my case anyway, being from a hardcore democRat family, I escaped from the Rat plantation, so why the F-ing hell would I willingly lock myself onto your Crat plantation?

Enjoy your chains Crat sycophants.

[fortheDeclaration]

Maybe we know that we need to defeat the Democrats now and deal with the GOPE later!

[Norm Lenhart]

30 years of that has proved it failed. Best of luck failing more. Or worse, electing Dems in Republican guise.

[InterceptPoint]

I could only justify voting for a Dem if doing so resulted in some significant turnover in GOP leadership. Like booting Mitch McConnell.

What people don't realize about Mitch McConnell is that he is right in the middle of the GOP Senate membership. Half way between Ted Cruz and Mike Lee at the top and people like Susan Collins at the bottom.

Would I like Mike Lee to have McConnell's job? You bet I would.

Unfortunately Susan Collins wouldn't and she gets a vote as do all of the other GOPe types in the Senate. Those people are not going to go away in one election cycle. Our goal has to be to help make the Senate more conservative than it is now in each election. That and that alone will allow a more conservative leader to be named. Until then people asking for McConnell's head are just kidding themselves. If he isn't elected this November we will almost certainly be worse off when the Susan Collins crowd gets together and decides on a new leader.

[painter]

About one in four Americans continue to say they support the Tea Party.

You are talking about 50+ Million voters!

IF they ALL come out to vote we could kick some serious ass.

[RIghtwardHo]

Well of course. The problem is, we need more of us and the GOPe kicks us to the curb.

[Arm_Bears]

Well, I looked at my Election Day schedule and, right now, I’ll be so busy suppressing minority votes that I may not have time to get to the polls.