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Showing posts with label Tea Party Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea Party Republicans. Show all posts
Monday, February 29, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: High Turnout Has Some Wondering if GOP Congressmen in Danger

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The Tea Party looks to take out high profile Republicans - powerful ones. - Click here for the article . Expectations of a record turnout ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

From the Atlantic: The Great Republican Revolt

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This applies to the section on political parties, and especially on the conflict within each party, particularly the Republican Party - whic...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

How were moderate and liberal Republicans driven from the party?

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When we start getting into political parties - in both 2305 and 2306 - we'll look at the history of party eras. The story varies slightl...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

From the NYT: With Fear of Being Sidelined, Tea Party Sees the Republican Rise as New Threat

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One of the themes of the election is the marginalization of the Tea Party . As opposed to Texas - where the movement remains strong - the ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

From Vox: Are Republicans and big business on the brink of divorce?

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Ezra Klein discusses the potential rift between big business and the Republican Party. - Click here for the video . Erik Cantor was a propon...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

From the NYT: G.O.P. Senator Courts Blacks in Mississippi Primary Race

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Incumbent Senator broadens coalition in order to win election. - Click here for the article . Inside an abandoned grocery store-turned-ch...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

How incumbent Senators hold off Tea Party challengers

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The Atlantic has two stories featuring how two southern senators - Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Thad Cochran of Mississippi - have...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

From the Dish: The Texas GOP Has Two Right Feet

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Andrew Sullivan hits some of the same material discussed below - but adds some links 2306 students might want to check out. - Click here for...

Will Tea Party success move the Republican Party so far to the right that Texas Democrats can become competitive statewide?

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Normally the answer would be yes, but the following has doubts about whether this is the case - at least in the near term. - Click here for...
Monday, March 10, 2014

How did the Tea Party do in last week's primary?

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Better than expected, though some observers have pointed out that Tea Party ideals have been a staple of Texas politics for some time. Even ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

From Politico: Exclusive: Mega-donors plan GOP war council

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This builds on a theme in previous posts - and it relates to discussions we have had about the efforts of the business sector to increase it...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

From the Dallas Morning News: Texas business groups ally to counter tea party influence in GOP primaries

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More on the division within the Republican Party between the business and Tea Party factions. This story points out which interest groups ar...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Republican Party establishment tries to undermine Tea Party candidates in state primaries

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For our upcoming look at elections, especially primary elections since they are on their way very soon. The national Republican Party is con...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Its doesn't matter if the Tea Party is unpopular, it is still powerful

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Thus concludes The Dish in comparing two articles . One points out that 56% of Americans hold a negative view of the Tea Party, the other po...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Can the Tea Party recruit competitive candidates?

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Apart from Texas and a few other states where Tea Party views seem more mainstream - the movement seems to not be able to attract candidates...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Prominent conservative David Barton will not primary John Cornyn.

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We discussed this technique ideologues in each party use to pull candidates to either extreme and simultaneously punish moderates. From the ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Business leaders plan to challenge the Tea Party

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This will be fun to watch : A slice of corporate America thinks tea partyers have overstayed their welcome in Washington and should be sh...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Will the Tea Party become its own party?

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Normally the winner take all rules embedded in the American electoral system prevents this, but this author suggests that Tea Party Republic...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

More on fragmentation within the Republican Party

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Here are a few more stories that amplify the theme of the previous one: - Whither the GOP? Republicans Want Change, But Split over Party’s...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Tea Party is not interested in compromise

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That's the theme of a handful of recent stories. Here are a couple examples - ‘ People don’t fully appreciate how committed the tea p...