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Tea party bulling its way into 2012 GOP race
AP via SFGate ^ | 9/4/11 | STEVE PEOPLES and MIKE BLOOD, Associated Press

Posted on 09/04/2011 9:10:33 AM PDT by SmithL

Bulling its way into 2012, the tea party is shaping the race for the GOP presidential nomination as candidates parrot the movement's language and promote its agenda while jostling to win its favor.

That's much to the delight of Democrats who are working to paint the tea party and the eventual Republican nominee as extreme.

"The tea party isn't a diversion from mainstream Republican thought. It is within mainstream Republican thought," Mitt Romney told a New Hampshire newspaper recently, defending the activists he's done little to woo, until now.

The former Massachusetts governor is starting to court them more aggressively as polls suggest he's being hurt by weak support within the movement, whose members generally favor rivals such as Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Romney's shift is the latest evidence of the big imprint the tea party is leaving on the race.

Such overtures come with risks, given that more Americans are cooling to the tea party's unyielding tactics and bare-bones vision of the federal government.

After Washington's debt showdown this summer, an Associated Press-GfK poll found that 46 percent of adults had an unfavorable view of the tea party, compared with 36 percent just after last November's election.

It could give President Barack Obama and his Democrats an opening should the Republican nominee be closely aligned with the tea party.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asspressbias; election2012; teaparty
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To: SmithL

The AP is displaying fear. The future is clearly visible......... their man has failed and is being rejected massively

The odor of fear permeates their writing


21 posted on 09/04/2011 9:49:27 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ....Rats carry plague)
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To: SmithL
There they go again. The commie libs in the state run "media" showing concern and worrying about the Republicans and conservatives. We're so lucky to have them looking out for us!

sarc/

22 posted on 09/04/2011 9:57:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Coming November 2012 - The End of an Error.)
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To: SmithL
STEVE PEOPLES and MIKE BLOOD, Associated Press:

You two Obama butt-boys can GO TO HELL, as your Rat leader Maxine would say.

BTW, you would feel bullied by a Siamese kitten, so don't feel bad that you are intimidated by Palin and the Tea Partiers.

23 posted on 09/04/2011 10:31:23 AM PDT by caddie
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To: cc2k

Search only works if the headline is spelled correctly.
Oh, well.


24 posted on 09/04/2011 10:33:58 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: cc2k

To be clear, I’m the one who spelled it wrong.


25 posted on 09/04/2011 10:36:32 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

[ That’s much to the delight of Democrats who are working to paint the tea party and the eventual Republican nominee as extreme. ]

You can not get anymore extreme than trying to CONVERT the United States from a Republic into a democracy.. as the democrat party has been trying to do for a hundred years..

The American Constitution does NOT mention a democracy ANYWHERE.. never even uses the word... ON PURPOSE..


26 posted on 09/04/2011 11:05:20 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: SmithL
Try searching on one word. Like bulling.
27 posted on 09/04/2011 11:25:17 AM PDT by upchuck (Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: cripplecreek

The nation cannot stand another four years of Obama & Company. I just hope we can hang in there until 2013, when I expect he’ll be gone.


28 posted on 09/04/2011 11:54:04 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Illegal aliens collect welfare checks that Americans won't collect)
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To: SmithL
"Tea party bulling its way into 2012 GOP race"

"Bulling"?!

Bullying?

That's a rather . . . controverial statement.

29 posted on 09/04/2011 11:56:48 AM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: SmithL
My Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan just sent out an e-mail to vote on....which is more important 1. Create Jobs....2. Reduce the deficit!!

WHAT AN IDIOT VERN BUCHANAN IS!!

30 posted on 09/04/2011 1:47:14 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: upchuck

Yeah, I generally do that. It doesn’t help when I fat-finger the search, though.


31 posted on 09/04/2011 2:45:22 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Article states, “Associated Press-GfK poll found that 46 percent of adults had an unfavorable view of the tea party.”

As if anyone in their right mind actually believes that an AP poll isn’t slanted hopelessly to the left. The media actually believes that the average taxpayer takes them as seriously as they take themselves.


32 posted on 09/04/2011 3:00:53 PM PDT by onevoter
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