[STONEWALLS]

...I don’t expect the Tea Party to hold together...we don’t understand racial solidarity or class solidarity very well...OTOH Blacks/Union/Jewish/Felons/Illegals know how to stick together...they give the Dems a “hard 20%” of the vote and that Hard 20 is all you need to win.

[STONEWALLS]

...oops....forgot to include teachers and the academy in the Hard 20

[highlander_UW]

...I don’t expect the Tea Party to hold together...we don’t understand racial solidarity or class solidarity very well...OTOH Blacks/Union/Jewish/Felons/Illegals know how to stick together...they give the Dems a “hard 20%” of the vote and that Hard 20 is all you need to win.

Actually, the Tea Party gives "conservative" candidates a solid base...but unfortunately the republican party is only peripherally interested in running conservative candidates.