Harvard Prof: Tea Party Not Going Anywhere, More Likely to Win

Breitbart ^ | 29 Dec 2013 | Tony Lee

[Steely Tom]

No soup for you!

[xzins]

"During the last election cycle, no far-right candidate ever consolidated sustained grassroots Tea Party support, as those voters hopped from Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum," Skocpol writes. "But this time, Cruz may very well enjoy unified and enthusiastic grassroots Tea Party support from the beginning of the primary election season."

[WashingtonSource]

Bump

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Tea Party forces will still win in the end," Theda Skocpol writes, unless moderate Republicans can defeat them.

That's what illegal immigrant legalization is all about.

[xzins]

Establishment liberal republicans want liberal democrat victories in order to defeat the conservative tea party.

Makes perfect sense — liberals wanting to defeat conservatives.

Unfortunately, republicans have been trained to think that establishment republicans are on the side of conservatives.

Nothing could be further from the truth. If anyone, we have more in common with libertarians.

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

2014 Midterms, who will vote in the masses? Very Very Angry Americans! the freeloaders will just stay home and forget that it’s election night.

[Red Badger]

“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” - Mark Twain

[xzins]

I was thinking of that...thanks for posting it.

[Vince Ferrer]

Just a reminder for all those disgusted with the Republican party and stay independant to keep their hands clean, the fight that really counts is going on within the party. If you stay outside, you have limited ability to affect anything.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

BUmp!

[Paladin2]

"Why The Tea Party Isn't Going Anywhere"

'Cause the leftists are all going to move to Cuber?

[xzins]

While I understand your logic, and there is a soundness to it in a way, the Tea Partyers are not necessarily republican. Some are. Some aren’t.

But they will vote for a conservative candidate if the republicans manage to dish one up.

[Paladin2]

"Makes perfect sense — liberals wanting to defeat conservatives."

Ditch Mitch.

[xzins]

they want them leftist cigars

[who knows what evil?]

Can’t say I give a rat’s rear end what somebody oozing out of Harvard thinks...

[xzins]

I like PR that advances a cause I’m interested in.

[JRandomFreeper]

Pound sand. I'm a conservative, not a Republican. Run a conservative and I'll vote for them. Run a liberal... well, liberal Republicans are unelectable.

/johnny

[Hostage]

Conservatives can still form a winning coalition of themselves comprising conservative republicans, Reagan democrats, blue collar Perot conservatives, independents and libertarians.

Conservatives don’t need establishment republicans. In fact, GOP-e types will do an about face and claim “Me Too!” when they see Tea Party conservatives pulling ahead. They are Beltway mercenaries at core; just in it for the money.

But if the US Chamber of Commerce follows through and runs attack ads on Tea Party challengers to the amount of $50 million, the coalition is going to need a lot of solidarity to weather the storms ahead.

[LALALAW]

If @SenTedCruz gets off his haunches as Prof. Hollis suggests and demand Obama be held accountable for #Obamacare. Obama must pay for his fraud and deceit. Do not stand for “not as long as I am President” arrogance. He committed fraud and should be prosecuted. The fraudulent act should be declared a nullity.