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politruk

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12. And who would have believed, in 2008,

Reply to betsuni (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 10:07 AM

Apr 2021

that it was possible for the Old Guard Republicans, backed with a bottomless well of corporate money and the numinous heritage of Reagan, to be elbowed aside by a bunch of ridiculous ignorant ragtag Tea Partiers?

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There are four factions that matter in American politics now [View all] politruk Apr 2021 OP

I'd argue your second point that the progressive insurgency is the only one growing. Arthur_Frain Apr 2021 #1

What I'm assuming politruk Apr 2021 #2

None of the above JustAnotherGen Apr 2021 #3

+1 betsuni Apr 2021 #9

Nonsense. Democrats are the most united since the emergencies of the 1930s. Hortensis Apr 2021 #4

I recall reading politruk Apr 2021 #5

:) Many could have for her. There's always been an enormous difference Hortensis Apr 2021 #7

I'm against the NAZIs, and the entire Democratic Party better be against them too. Crunchy Frog Apr 2021 #6

I think you all are underestimating politruk Apr 2021 #8

What is the outcome? Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #10

That will never happen because the "take over" is based on incorrect ideas. betsuni Apr 2021 #11

And who would have believed, in 2008, politruk Apr 2021 #12

Tea party was the base of the Republican Party JI7 Apr 2021 #13

They chose that path long ago: Southern Strategy, politicizing Christian evangelicals, betsuni Apr 2021 #14