Congress threatening to shutdown unless ACA is defunded/repealed immediately.

[Athas]

Wow that speech was the angriest I have seen Obama in a while. He was in full -my dad after I scratched his Cadillac- lecture mode. LOL, yeah he reminds me of my dad.

So I guess the gop will have their response videos up soon.

Link?

[Raldo]

Link?

Not 100% sure here, but it's probably either the Oct 16th "Statement by the President of the United States" and/or Oct 17th "Remarks by the President on the Reopening of the Government" found here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-r...es-and-remarks

[Salodin]

That video was one giant stab at the tea party lol.

[quannum]

Republican Civil War Erupts: Business Groups v. Tea Party

A battle for control of the Republican Party has erupted as an emboldened Tea Party moved to oust senators who voted to reopen the government while business groups mobilized to defeat allies of the small-government movement.

“We are going to get engaged,” said Scott Reed, senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “The need is now more than ever to elect people who understand the free market and not silliness.” The chamber spent $35.7 million on federal elections in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group that tracks campaign spending.

Meanwhile, two Washington-based groups that finance Tea Party-backed candidates said yesterday they’re supporting efforts to defeat Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, who voted this week for the measure ending the 16-day shutdown and avoiding a government debt default. Cochran, a Republican seeking a seventh term next year, faces a challenge in his party’s primary from Chris McDaniel, a state senator.

...

To improve their odds, Tea Party leaders are fine-tuning their strategy by targeting incumbents in states where Democrats have little or no chance of winning in the general election. In 2012 and 2010, the movement nominated weak or flawed Senate candidates in Indiana, Missouri, Delaware and Nevada who were defeated in the November general elections, dashing Republicans’ chances for taking over the chamber.

Mitch McConnell's Tea Party Opponent Endorsed By Senate Conservatives Fund

The GOP primary challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) received an endorsement Friday from the Senate Conservatives Fund, a PAC founded by former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).

The endorsement of Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin escalates the effort by outside conservative groups to back primary challenges next year against those congressional lawmakers who finally voted for the bipartisan budget deal. On Thursday, the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Club for Growth and the Madison Project all endorsed Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a primary challenger to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The Madison Project had already endorsed Bevin.

[Esvedium]

Can we move to public-funded-only elections yet?

[Waraji]

The end times are coming.

^This

Edit: When I wanted a third party this past election, I didn't necessarily think we'd be getting the Tea Party in 2016. As its been said, it's primary (unintended) function will probably be to dilute the republican vote. :notbad:

[Ksandra]

^This

Edit: When I wanted a third party this past election, I didn't necessarily think we'd be getting the Tea Party in 2016. As its been said, it's primary (unintended) function will probably be to dilute the republican vote. :notbad:

Not to say "I told you so" But I remember when the TP was emerging and I was all like "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE FUCKS TAKE OVER" and bg was all like "lol they are never gonna make a difference."



So you know.


Fuck you BG.

[archibaldcrane]

Lol take over? Nah.

[Ksandra]

Lol take over? Nah.

I was exaggerating I am too lazy to find what I said like over a year ago.

[Andalusian girls]

“The need is now more than ever to elect people who understand the free market and not silliness.”

shots fired

[kuronosan]

I'm to tired of the phrase "free market".

[Kuya]

If democrats were smart they would fan the fires under that feud and watch them burn.

[Andalusian girls]

they should really just support the tea party to the greatest extent possible

[ringthree]

If democrats were smart they would fan the fires under that feud and watch them burn.

That would likely only cause retrenchment and unification. Let them burn down their own house.

[Cantih]

^

False flag is a DANGEROUS fucking game to play.

[Serra]

Looks like it's starting~
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...014/?hpt=hp_t2

Cruz: Senate Republicans are 'single-most damaging thing' for the GOP in 2014

[Waraji]

He's clearly forgotten what side of the isle he's in.

[Andalusian girls]

Looks like it's starting~
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...014/?hpt=hp_t2

ever since the evangelical faction took control of the Republican party it has become increasingly difficult to be a conservative in this country but this sequence of events is beyond God damn everything, Ted Cruz and his ilk are destroying the party and more significantly ruining the concept, specifically among growing demographics, that conservatism is a viable alternative to liberalism

[Kuya]

This simply reaffirms my belief that evangelicals are insane.

[GoggleHead]

This simply reaffirms my belief that evangelicals are insane.

Well their thought process seems to go: "We did something and people didn't like it, clearly we just aren't doing enough of that thing people hate".

So I'd say that's a fair assessment.