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Originally Posted by hrp01
Ritchie,you are right...Only without the tea party caucus the republicans would lose the majority and they had Boehner over a barrel..There was no comprimise..Remember when Mc Cain called the tea party "hobbits"...They were angry because the tea party held up the whole process needlessly..
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John McCain is old line "hand in each other's pockets" Republican. The fact he doesn't like the Tea Party only adds to it's appeal to most Republicans.
The Tea Party movement is dragging the Republican Party back to respectability. The process needed holding up and in the end the Republicans caved and some may pay in the coming primaries. The Democrats strategically delayed until the 11th hour and then got everyone's panties in a twist screaming "oh no, we gonna default, we gonna default", when it was they who delayed the budget by not negotiating for months.
People won't forget and true patriots like Marco Rubio won't let them.