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  • Schumer seeks to poison Tea Party ["government can be a force for good"]

    01/23/2014 4:19:11 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 37 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 23, 2014 | Alexander Bolton
    Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the Senate Democrats’ political guru, has a plan to poison the Tea Party by driving a wedge between its rich funders and its blue-collar rank and file. Schumer, one of the Democrats’ most influential strategists, will argue in a major speech on Thursday that super-wealthy Tea Party donors have hijacked the grassroots movement that grew out of the economic anxiety of the 2008 financial collapse to suit their pro-big business agenda. He’ll lay out a blueprint for how Democrats can exploit what he argues is a weakness in the opposition in the address at the Center...