Lucille
07-18-2011, 07:19 PM
GOP Breaks
Tea Party Lines
Will the Republican Party gerrymander freshman insurgents into submission? (http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11631/gop_breaks_tea_party_lines)
Before Reince Priebus took over as RNC chairman in January, the Tea Party-aligned Republican Liberty Caucus of Wisconsin (the state where Priebus had previously served as chair of the GOP), predicted that Priebus “will change Republican National Committee rules to strengthen GOP party bosses to the detriment of primary voters and Tea Party activists. Priebus supports a top-down approach where party bosses decide which candidates should receive support, rather than a grassroots, bottom-up approach.” While Priebus and other GOP leaders haven’t made their redistricting goals explicit, recent events make Liberty Caucus look prescient.
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Republicans may owe the Tea Party thanks for their role in last fall’s historic “shellacking” of Democrats, but given the choice between movement representatives and mainstream candidates, the GOP seems to favor its own breed rather than freshmen who have demonstrated little allegiance to the GOP brand.
h/t Rational Review (http://rationalreview.news-digests.com/archives/48995) (which is awesome.)
Will the Republican Party gerrymander freshman insurgents into submission? (http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11631/gop_breaks_tea_party_lines)
Before Reince Priebus took over as RNC chairman in January, the Tea Party-aligned Republican Liberty Caucus of Wisconsin (the state where Priebus had previously served as chair of the GOP), predicted that Priebus “will change Republican National Committee rules to strengthen GOP party bosses to the detriment of primary voters and Tea Party activists. Priebus supports a top-down approach where party bosses decide which candidates should receive support, rather than a grassroots, bottom-up approach.” While Priebus and other GOP leaders haven’t made their redistricting goals explicit, recent events make Liberty Caucus look prescient.
[...]
Republicans may owe the Tea Party thanks for their role in last fall’s historic “shellacking” of Democrats, but given the choice between movement representatives and mainstream candidates, the GOP seems to favor its own breed rather than freshmen who have demonstrated little allegiance to the GOP brand.
h/t Rational Review (http://rationalreview.news-digests.com/archives/48995) (which is awesome.)