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HooptieWagon

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16. They'd be getting about 20% of popular vote.

Reply to morningfog (Reply #14)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:27 PM

Jun 2014

Dem candidate would get votes from almost all Dems, a huge number of Indies, and a sizable number of Repubs horrified by teabaggers. The Tea Party could win some Congressional districts, but few statewide and no presidential elections. Further, having two branches... teabagger and "reasonable"... of the Republican Party will lead to the brand being confused by voters. The more extreme the teabaggers drag the GOP... the less appealing it becomes. They are already hurting bad with young voters, minorities, and women.

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So come January, who'll be the GOP leader? [View all] Raine1967 Jun 2014 OP

Will there be a GOP by next January? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #1

I hope not. I really do. Raine1967 Jun 2014 #3

a teabagger AngryAmish Jun 2014 #2

When the gop goes whole hog tea party, they will no longer be a national party. morningfog Jun 2014 #14

They'd be getting about 20% of popular vote. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #16

Boehner may not run for Speaker again. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #4

I swear sometimes I think that if things were not so dire Raine1967 Jun 2014 #7

It's a pretty solid red district, I understand. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #9

Well, money didn't help Cantor this time. According to a link in another thread, he had over sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #12

This is implosion I've been waiting for. They may be a regional party by 2016. morningfog Jun 2014 #15

Speaking completely objectively, Paul Ryan is their best bet. phleshdef Jun 2014 #5

I agree. Ryan will be the GOP leader. Raine1967 Jun 2014 #8

He may not want it. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #13

Obviously this Brat guy. Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #6

Mitt Palin or some RNC freakish Lovecraftian construct. R. Daneel Olivaw Jun 2014 #10

Maybe Peter King Spirochete Jun 2014 #11