Boehner: Tea party and GOP aren't that different

[MindMover]

(CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday the tea party and conservative Republicans are basically one in the same.

As establishment Republican candidates try to fend off a series of tea party challengers in Tuesday's midterm primaries, Boehner sought to quell the apparent divide between the two factions in his caucus.

"I think the tea party has brought great energy to our political process," the Ohio congressman said when asked about Tuesday's contests.

"You get in these primary elections – they are hard-fought battles and sometimes – listen, there is not that much, not that big a difference between what you call the tea party and your average conservative Republican," he said, pointing to the GOP's near-unanimous opposition to Obamacare, tax increases and an overbearing federal government.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/20/boehner-tea-party-and-gop-arent-that-different/

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This is why Republicans will lose big this fall and will lose Presidency for the foreseeable future ..

[Arkana]

1. He's right--they're one and the same.

All wrapped up with one nice, brown, turd-scented bow.

[AlinPA]

2. This is consistent with his actions during the shutdown and threat to default. He is a teabagger.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. "Tea Party" = Republican Party = "Tea Party"

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. One has caffeine and the other doesn't

[democrat2thecore]

5. Just a talking point - he knows better

There are primary races tonight that highlight the differences. You think Mitch McConnell is bad? Yeah, he is. But go take a look at the website of TeaBagger Matt Bevin and tell me there are no differences.

Never thought I'd say this, but thank god McConnell won tonight.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. I don't know ...

the Bevan guy looked like the better target for Grimes ... a majority of McConnell supporters polled as not voting for Bevan in the General, if McConnell lost the primary; and a mere plurality of Bevans voters said the would vote for McConnell, as they second choice.