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rulemylife -> RE: Dems advised to embrace the politics of personal destruction (1/7/2010 5:24:38 AM)
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
Right you are, Popeye. I saw something the other day placing approval of the Tea Party above both Dem and Repub numbers. Laughing at the "Teabaggers" might very well blow up in their collective face.
And then what?
Will we have Tea Party candidates?
The only thing that will accomplish is fracturing the Republican Party, and it has already started:
Think Progress » Glenn Beck-Inspired Tea Party Candidates Step Up
Glenn Beck, who has waged a conspiratorial, hateful campaign against liberals and his other political enemies all year, has been galvanizing his supporters to run for office. Today, conservative activist Eric Forcade announced that he is running in the Republican primary to unseat longtime Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL). In explaing his reason for running, Forcade said he was inspired by the “values that have been popularized by Glenn Beck.”
Beck’s 9/12 project and its closely related “tea parties” have inspired a number of other challengers to Republican lawmakers deemed insufficiently “pure”
If 'Tea Party' candidates really are the preferred choice
The latest Rasmussen Poll has disastrous news for Republicans -- and disquieting news for for the rest of us too:
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.
Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the Tea Party comes out on top. Thirty-three percent (33%) prefer the Tea Party candidate, and 30% are undecided. Twenty-five percent (25%) would vote for a Democrat, and just 12% prefer the GOP.
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