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By JONATHAN WEISMAN JULY 4, 2014
WASHINGTON The stormy aftermath of Mississippis Republican Senate runoff has sent Tea Party conservatives around the country to the ramparts, raising the prospect of a prolonged battle that holds the potential to depress conservative turnout in November in Mississippi and possibly beyond.
The campaign of State Senator Chris McDaniel has formally filed a legal notice that it intends to contest the results of the June 24 runoff against Senator Thad Cochran, a six-term incumbent. At least two lawsuits from McDaniel allies are in the works, one demanding the release of election records, the other accusing Mississippi authorities of culpability in the suicide of a Mississippi Tea Party leader on June 27.
The turmoil has given Mr. Cochrans Democratic challenger, former Representative Travis Childers, an opening to exploit the divide in what is otherwise seen as a race in which he trails badly. Senator Cochran does not have the confidence of his state, let alone his own party, Mr. Childers said.
Perhaps more worrisome to Washington Republicans is that if conservative outrage in Mississippi spreads, some Tea Party voters in other states where the Republican establishments candidate has prevailed could stay home in November. That could bolster Democrats like Kay Hagan in North Carolina, Mark Pryor in Arkansas, Mark Begich in Alaska or Michelle Nunn in Georgia.
Oh, we are watching. We are furious. The G.O.P. wants us to sit down, shut up and vote for their RINO, Jane Bilello, chairwoman of the Asheville Tea Party in North Carolina, said, using the acronym for Republican in Name Only. We are putting our foot down, and until the Republicans learn this lesson, theyre going to continue to lose elections.
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Laf.La.Dem.
(2,940 posts)Glorfindel
(9,720 posts)It's all about racism. Mississippi pukes call African American people "Democrats." Their horror at the prospect that a Democrat could be elected as a senator from Holy Mississippi outweighs any other consideration. The teabaggers will hold their noses and vote for Cochran.
CanonRay
(14,088 posts)There's overlap between the two for sure, but both groups are in a constant state of high piss-off...after a while you just don't give a crap anymore. Win, lose, or draw, they are and always will be pissed off.
Zambero
(8,962 posts)When push comes to shove, "Tea Party" and "Establishment GOP" reside on the same page. The TP has pushed the GOP so far to the right that there is no longer any meaningful way to distinguish between the two, in terms of actual policy. The only differences are in style and rhetoric, which trump substance in the minds of the "true believers". These people may not have come to realize it but they have been 100% successful in winning the battle for control of their party. What they fail to realize is that in doing so they have hastened their own demise, as more and more citizens are threatened, disenfranchised, marginalized, and often blatantly disparaged by the extremism that is being expressed. Just the same, I hope that the whacko element fails to arrive at these realizations. Let their perception become their reality. Having large numbers of them sitting out the mid-term election in places like Mississippi, North Carolina, and elsewhere sounds like a very "positive" outcome of their highly contentious inter-party squabbling.
Cartoonist
(7,311 posts)We are putting our foot down, and until the Republicans learn this lesson, theyre going to continue to lose elections.
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So what lesson did we learn in 2000 by voting for Nader instead of the DINO?
I really hope they go through with that threat. It means Sanders or Warren in the WH.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Devour each other until there's nothing left, you fucks.