Democrats to GOP: You're Either With Tea Party or Against It

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Source: CBS News

The Democratic National Committee is today launching an effort to force Republicans "to stand with the Tea Party or disavow their beliefs," as DNC Spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine put it in a release.

The group is urging local reporters in 30 districts to press House Republican candidates and officeholders to specify whether they will join Rep. Michele Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus.

The DNC sent Hotsheet an example of one of the releases it plans to send out. It's entitled, "On the Tea Party, Where Does Eric Cantor Stand?"

"Tea Party Republicans have advocated extreme policies that would take our country backward and are not what the American people want," the release reads. "Now, faced with the choice of turning their back on the Tea Party or embracing these radical views, the question remains: does Eric Cantor intend to join the Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives and sign on to its out-of-the-mainstream positions? And if not, why?"

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