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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Has The Tea Party’s Power Peaked?

Host to one of the purest strains of conservatism in the nation (ranked only behind Mississippi and Wyoming by Gallup), Utah is the perfect Tea Party test tube. Its primary system, which relies on a nominating convention where party delegates get a say before candidates go to a popular vote, distills the purest form of activist sentiment.

The state was the site of the first Republican incumbent defeat in 2010, when the brewsters toppled three-term Senator Bob Bennett, a watershed moment in an election cycle that saw not only Mike Lee claim victory over the establishment, but Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Carl Paladino, Ken Buck and Joe Miller as well. Utah was ground zero for the whole thing. But on Monday, something surprising happened.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Not by a long shot! Only wishful thinking on the part of a lot of liberal pukes! The test of this will be the outcome of the 2012 elections. If Obama wins, we lose seats in the Senate and/or the House, then you can feel free to theorize. Until then, you're just whistling past the graveyard hoping the bogeyman won't jump out and bite you on the butt!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Thanks for this story guys. It seems to me though that the Tea Party, even though they may not challenge stronger conservative candidates, are pushing them further right.This,in my opinion,is a showing of a movement on the rise, gaining momentum.I myself do not participate in any of the Tea Party rallies, but any movement that stands for fiscal responsibility gets my attention.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    Despite what the lame stream media is trying to convince you of, "as they are complicit in the tax thievery going on in Washington" , The Tea party is growing angrier and larger this is what happens when the government ignores the will of the people.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    5:09PM
    Well said

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  5. AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Here here 5:09 + Obama escapes to play golf.

    Let us send in the Military to arrest Obama NOW

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  6. AnonymousAugust 24, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    When 2012 comes you will see how strong the Tea Party is! There is plenty of time. Watch Out!

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