They are one and the same.
In 2010 we had over 80 Tea Party Republicans elected to Congress.Two years later all but 15 or 16 had been destroyed by house leadership which threatened them with every threat know to man.
The Elitist Party (both R's and D's) have only one true enemy -- Populists. Tea Party representatives are the very definition of the term 'Populist'.
Whether Boehener is compromised like Judge Roberts remains to be seen. We know Roberst is. Jury is still out on Boehner. As for McConnell who knows what his problem is! But he sure as hell had a problem.
I heard a second-hand story about someone who was on a plane with a K-street lobbyist. The tales the lobbyist told would curl your toes: Cocaine-fueled sex romps with expensive female and/or male prostitutes, expensive jaunts with all the trimmings on the taxpayer dime, etcetera. Those who play, and there are many, are immediately compromised.
Wow makes sense! I have heard the same stories,hard to confirm but they keep popping up.
Once again great thread Laz.