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    How will the Tea Party continue to brew its particular cuppa?

    My suggestion would be that they all get together and chuck themselves into Boston Harbour before their GOP colleagues do it for them.

    They are now an embarrassment. Paul Ryan was an embarrassment. They achieved nothing apart from deadlocking the US government for a short time and waving eminently witless placards before the ever needy cameras of the media.

    Come 2014, their congress people will be looking for new jobs.

    With little hope of finding one.
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    That's a bold prediction. It might seem counter intuitive after the results of the last election, but I think it's important that the Democrats in 2012 were able to transfer some of the excitement for the reelection of President Obama to the candidates in the Senate, where Democrats did modestly better than expected.

    After two more years though, I wouldn't doubt that Americans will be ticked off again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kathaariancode View Post
    That's a bold prediction. It might seem counter intuitive after the results of the last election, but I think it's important that the Democrats in 2012 were able to transfer some of the excitement for the reelection of President Obama to the candidates in the Senate, where Democrats did modestly better than expected.

    After two more years though, I wouldn't doubt that Americans will be ticked off again.

    The Tea Party is now irrelevant. The Dems will deal with the fiscal cliff along with moderate Republicans. Your economy will continue to grow under the judicial stewardship of Obama.

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    I disagree. The Tea Party has endured in state politics and will make itself known again soon. I personally thought Wisconsin would always be a blue state. It had always been that way and most people I'd known growing up we're Democrats. But when the Tea Party movement shook things up, things changed dramatically in Wisconsin. Yes, in 2012 it still went for Obama, but I think if we had a real small government candidate against Obama, we might have seen different energy, maybe even different results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kathaariancode View Post
    I disagree. The Tea Party has endured in state politics and will make itself known again soon. I personally thought Wisconsin would always be a blue state. It had always been that way and most people I'd known growing up we're Democrats. But when the Tea Party movement shook things up, things changed dramatically in Wisconsin. Yes, in 2012 it still went for Obama, but I think if we had a real small government candidate against Obama, we might have seen different energy, maybe even different results.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Carygrant View Post
    Jesus . The whole Universe--- it now emerges ----- is built on , "Ifs" .
    The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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    Good one Mr.Logical Positivist

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    Quote Originally Posted by GrumpyDog View Post
    Good one Mr.Logical Positivist

    I have doubts all the time, whether anything is truely true.
    Actually, I follow Popper, Hayek and others who would argue logical positivism is self-contrdictory.

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    We'll see.
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    Ryan was a ghastly error
    However clever etc Republicans think he is , his image is bad . A middle class hustler , far too sharp for the average man and woman on the street .
    Mutt the Misfit we all know about . Some later than others !!
    The team were a disaster .

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