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Bottom line, candidates and incumbents know we're watching them closely...and will continue to do so.
1 posted on 05/21/2014 7:40:11 AM PDT by cotton1706
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Bring back American jobs.

Just saying...

American jobs.


2 posted on 05/21/2014 7:41:08 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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I’m not quite this optimistic. Sounds more like looking for a silver lining. We shall see. But in the end, any real power would have come through in some of those major Primaries. I fear that they will turn against us even more as it is clear, except for in a few pockets, they don’t need us.

Time will tell. here’s hoping.


3 posted on 05/21/2014 7:43:33 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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Amnesty will tell if the GOPe “DNA” has been changed in spite the influx of tens of millions of campaign funding from the Chamber of Amnesty and Karl Rove. That Big Government Republicans will change their spots to become conservatives after election is extremely doubtful.


4 posted on 05/21/2014 7:44:09 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Lipstick on a pig. We got our asses handed to us.


5 posted on 05/21/2014 7:45:24 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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The senate is where the GOPe has the firewall but we’re weakening it every day.


6 posted on 05/21/2014 7:45:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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We were outspent by the corporatist uni-party. It’s hard to compete with Amnesty $$.


7 posted on 05/21/2014 7:47:50 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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I hope the author is right, and that the GOPe is getting schooled.

Either way, its worth noting that the Commies see the Tea Party as their opponent - not the GOPe.


8 posted on 05/21/2014 7:48:08 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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Wishful thinking, alas.
How many Dems switched party just to vote for anybody but the TEA party candidate?

9 posted on 05/21/2014 7:51:01 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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What the TP should have done was target more, the open seats and vulnerable dem seats.
Its hard to unseat incumbents when there is not enough cash on hand.
5 or 6 more strict conservatives in the senate would upset the whole.


12 posted on 05/21/2014 7:53:58 AM PDT by crz
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I’m sorry but I’m not buying what this article is selling.

Establishment GOP is not becoming more conservative. Just because they say things on the campaign trail and show up at CPAC toting a rifle means nothing.

It seems to me what too many Republican voters want is more of the same. Please. With a cherry on top


13 posted on 05/21/2014 7:54:01 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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I just hope the Tea Party doesn't give the Senate back to the the democRats by staying home.

I am a bit spoiled living here in Tulsa. We have three great candidates running to replace Coburn. We elected Tea Party Jim Bridenstein to the house.

16 posted on 05/21/2014 7:55:28 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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The “establishment” candidates may have won—but they did so by becoming increasingly conservative.

BS. They won't govern that way. If there is a silver lining to this primary season it is proving that the GOP Establishment views us as their true enemy not their Democrat pals.

17 posted on 05/21/2014 7:56:57 AM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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"The “establishment” candidates may have won—but they did so by becoming increasingly conservative."

REALLY? Let's just wait and see how conservative they are. I have a sneaky suspicion that they only said what they did to get elected and too many ignorant people believed them. But I could be wrong.

19 posted on 05/21/2014 7:59:44 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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40% of republicans voted AGAINST Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
21 posted on 05/21/2014 8:01:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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This may be a little Pollyannaish, but the outcome is more favorable than when we emerged with those great giants of the political scene like Todd Aiken, Linda McMahon, Sharon Angle, Christine O’Donnell, and Richard Mourdock.

Picking winners is tough as politicians are prone to say whatever we want to hear, but we have to pick Conservatives who can do two things: win, and behave like Conservatives once in office.


22 posted on 05/21/2014 8:01:38 AM PDT by centurion316
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This article is the Daily Beast saying that the Tea Party has changed the Republican Party for the worse, from the Left’s perspective. That’s their propaganda line. Let’s not fall for it.


26 posted on 05/21/2014 8:05:12 AM PDT by Praxeologue
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It's glacial progression, but we are moving them in the right direction.

Need a few more big primary wins to make the weakest Republicans wet their panties a little.

30 posted on 05/21/2014 8:07:14 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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The “establishment” candidates may have won—but they did so by becoming increasingly conservative

No, they *claimed* to be more conservative. No offense to the author, but that is SOP in the GOP primaries. Then they run "centrist" in the general and govern left of center when elected.

Regardless of what so called conservative positions they took in the campaign, I don't believe any GOPe will govern that way once elected. Especially in the Senate. 6 years? They consider that ascension to the throne. They don't have to honor any promises made to the hoi polli.

34 posted on 05/21/2014 8:15:53 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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Wash times runs a column that says TP is on life support, and the beast correctly says they are winning the war.

Strange topsy turvy there.


37 posted on 05/21/2014 8:22:04 AM PDT by stanne
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One thing this column misses is that at the Local level here in GA several Tea Party challengers forced incumbants into run-offs and they have a strong chance of winning.


42 posted on 05/21/2014 8:25:42 AM PDT by HOYA97 (twitter @hoya97)
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