On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:04 AM, c b <[email protected]> wrote: > The Decline of the Tea Party > > http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/the-decline-of-the-tea-party/?_r=0 >
It is an interesting article, but the Tea Party has been pronounced dead several times in the last couple of years.. I think it is quite possible that the Tea Party is at the height of its national *influence*, but its base of rabid Southern racists are not going anywhere anytime soon. The world will just have to wait until they die out over the next couple of decades and take their venomous hate with them to the grave. You should read this focus group report: http://www.democracycorps.com/attachments/article/954/dcor%20rpp%20fg%20memo%20100313%20final.pdf Also see this: http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2013/10/maybe-27-should-be-called-31-im-happy.html ------------------------------snip But there is a floor for the GOP. We used to talk about "the 27%"<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/07/1244976/-Republican-approval-now-UNDER-the-27-Crazification-Line#>-- the percentage of people who would vote right-wing under any and all circumstances. Well, maybe that number should have been 31%: Nothing shakes these people's faith. And as long as there are more than 218 House districts in which the 31-percenters are a majority, Republicans will hold the House indefinitely. -raghu.
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