A Little Good News or a Lot? Will Democrats really benefit from the Tea Party victories?

Slate ^ | September 15, 2010 | John Dickerson

[2ndDivisionVet]

The day after the wacky primary season ended, the Democratic National Committee unveiled a new logo: a D surrounded by a circle. (Does this train take me to Flatbush?) Democrats also spent the day working on a new symbol for the Republican Party: the Mad Hatter. With the election of Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Democrats now believe they have a body of evidence—eight Senate races in which Tea Party candidates won the Republican nomination—that allows them to argue that the Republican Party has gone nuts.

Democrats were already bringing GOP bogeymen to each rally, but Tuesday's results allow them to pump a little more air into the image. The success of Tea Party-backed candidates also allows them to feel good about something when so much of the news lately has been bad. Still, the question must be asked: How much will this internal Republican fight actually help Democrats?

O'Donnell's victory turns what looked like a safe Republican pickup into a seat Democrats are likely to now hold on to. Democrats also hope the sum of the Tea Party victories pays off more generally with two voter blocs: The first is independent voters who tend to turn out less than in presidential years. They decide late and tend to not like extremism. In a just-released CBS poll, 33 percent of independents are still undecided.

Independent voters have a dim view of the Tea Party.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So Gov. Romney waited until AFTER the primary to endorse? What a profile in courage!!

If you're responsible for a major disaster, guess you have to start calling the Tea Party crazy, since you can't trumpet your accomplishments. BTW, I'd trust a CBS poll about as much as a Pravda or Daily Kos one.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Independent voters have a dim view of the Tea Party.

Where did this jackass hear this? On his daily talking points fax from the DNC?

These commie libs need to look around. All of the 'RAT candidates are coming down with severe cases of Obamaphobia and running like hell to distance themselves from their "messiah".

[fightinJAG]

Forced myself to read this dude’s article. Wow. It’s always Happy Hour somewhere.

[fuzzybutt]

The TEA parties have done far better than I ever dreamed.

And BTW now I wonder how much the Dems spent on their new logo? AT LEAST ONE MIL i BET!

[muawiyah]

Good grief, think of the dim view most everybody has of Slate ~ and still they imagine that they are arbiters of all that’s right and holy ~ i’m here to advise them that they are not.

[VanDeKoik]

From just a passing rant on CNBC to the most dominant political force in America!

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That logo looks like it was done by a college art student for pizza money.



Or ripped off from Dynomutt.

[RayChuang88]

What the Tea Party movement has done is force the Beltway insiders to realize that government is WAY too big and taxes WAY too complicated and economy sapping. Maybe we'll finally do something about income taxes first, which would turn around the US economy in very short order.

I've emailed one of the biggest economic naysayers out there--Gerald Celente--and he told me that one thing will stop the economic nosedive is a massive overhaul of the taxation in the USA to encourage American residents and businesses to keep their savings and capital investments in the USA.

[Freddd]

This article is ridiculous!

The Tea party is 40% Independents and Democrats!

[chris_bdba]

LOL Since the tea party is made up of about 45% republicans and the rest is split between Indendants and conservative democrats this line of BS is delusional.

[BRL]

They think spin is going to get them votes. All these clowns have is spin. I do not think they realize that spin is not in right now.

[Pollster1]

Democrats now believe they have a body of evidence—eight Senate races in which Tea Party candidates won the Republican nomination—that allows them to argue that the Republican Party has gone nuts.

Interesting strategy: You guys who support the Tea Party are nuts; come vote for us! That wouldn't cut it in Salesmanship 101.

Another interesting thought. The Dems are saying that a call for responsible spending and constitutional government is nuts. I can't wait to see what the average American thinks of that.

[Viking2002]

If those girly-men at Slate are hissing and wetting their panties over the election results, then we had a good day. I'm more peeved at clicking the link and finding the page plastered with Jack Daniels ads. They ought to know that fairies don't drink whiskey.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Texas Fossil]

Independent voters have a dim view of the Tea Party.

you said: Where did this jackass hear this? On his daily talking points fax from the DNC?

BTT

[Seven plus One]

How much will this internal Republican fight actually help Democrats?

The main idea here is that it drives democrats out of office and keeps them out. If they think that this 'helps' them, then fine with me.

[SaraJohnson]

If it is true that indepents are afraid of “extremism” Tea Party canidates need to ask for them to help stop the Obama/Pelosi radicals in Washington.

[El Cid]

These clowns and the MSM have only one card to play between now and November: Do their damnedest to discourage conservative voters from showing up to the election booth.
Ridicule, fraudulent polls ... whatever game they can play - they'll try it.

Just vote - and get your conservative friends to vote. Ignore the illusions that these folks will try to conjure up.