Which is why the Establishment is for Romney, Status Quo, and they will WHIP the new tea party members in line with gusto, and those members will then line their pockets. BUSINESS AS USUAL.
Nothing will ever change, there is no difference in party affiliation any longer.
Seems that some of the redistricting was done with an eye on getting rid of tea partiers as well.
Which is why the Establishment is for Romney, Status Quo, and they will WHIP the new tea party members in line with gusto, and those members will then line their pockets. BUSINESS AS USUAL.
Nothing will ever change, there is no difference in party affiliation any longer. "
I respectfully disagree. First off, I disagree that there is an all powerful "GOP Establishment". Who is that, and how, pray tell, are they manipulating the results? I just don't see it. William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and Fox News talking head is about as establishment conservative as you can get. He's been trumpeting alternatives to Mitt all year, lately getting on the Santorum bandwagon.
The reason that Romney is winning is because the other candidates are less compelling to the majority of voters in the two contests held so far. (And of course some very compelling candidates chose not to run at all.) And it's easy to see why: Newt seems rudderless, the Fannie May payday was the last straw for a lot of people. Cain got caught with his pants down, and seemed poorly prepared for the campaign. Bachmann, who I supported, just didn't seem to have enough organization and clear messaging to break through.
I also disagree that "nothing will ever change". Everything will change, one way or another. Under Obama it's been all in a very negative direction. Romney is not Obama. He might not be the true-red savior of the Republic that many here desire, but neither is he an angry, America hating Marxist who is ruling by executive order and subverting the Constitution. He's not a black racist, he's doesn't view Tea Party patriots as potential terrorists, he doesn't think the Constitution is flawed because it doesn't include redistribution of wealth. He's not wired like Obama.
Would he keep Eric Holder as his Attorney General? No. Would he keep Hilary as Sec. of State? No. Would he appoint another justice like Sotomeyer or Kagen? No. Would he gin up horrible class warfare rhetoric? No.
The doom and gloom over Romney is misplaced. Sadly the far right didn't put forward a better candidate, or coalesce around one soon enough, so of course we're disapointed that a moderate is likely going to be the standard bearer again.
But Romney isn't Obama, and the GOP isn't the Democratic Party. That's just angry defeatism. As somone else said I'd vote for a cockroach if it meant getting rid of Obama. I concur, and Romney is a lot better than a cockroach.