(What really is the strategy? I don’t get it. Teaching the GOPe some lessons is not a strategy. They will not get the lesson. They will not change their ways. They have to be replaced. And like it or not electing more Democrats by staying home this November will only move us further from that goal.)
What do you mean by “they will not get the lesson”? I may not like the GOPe, but I don’t think they are stupid, and I still believe that, just like other human beings, they react to incentives. What is the strategy? The ultimate goal is unity-whoever wins the primary is supported by a broad coalition on the right, whether the tea party or the GOPe wins the primary. The only way to do this is to not allow the GOPe to feel that the type of divisive tactics employed in Mississippi will be rewarded. If they lose that Senate seat (and maybe even other RINO senate seats) because of what they did in Mississippi, they will not even think of pulling this crap again. So even though we may lose a Senate seat in the short-run, it’s worth it for the long run if the GOPe stops taking tea party votes for granted.
Ever since the black vote has been automatically Democrat, the Democrat Party policies have been more and more damaging to blacks (amnesty, increase in the minimum wage, protecting teachers unions against school choice, etc.). We in the tea party will not make that mistake.
The only way to do this is to not allow the GOPe to feel that the type of divisive tactics employed in Mississippi will be rewarded. If they lose that Senate seat (and maybe even other RINO senate seats) because of what they did in Mississippi, they will not even think of pulling this crap again
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I too am mad as hell about what went down in Mississippi. But you are much more optimistic than cynical-me that the GOPe stripes will get rearranged even if Thad Cochran loses. I don’t think so. We need to get our act together and win the darn primaries. We can’t eliminate the GOPe but can, over time, make them the minority within the Republican Party.