Why the old guard Republicans are so hilariously confounded by the Tea Baggers

[Vinnie From Indy]

McConnell, McCain, Boehner and the rest are confounded by these Tea Baggers. These old school republicans are craven, greedy, power hungry politicians willing to sell their votes to the highest bidder whereas the Tea Baggers are all of that AND crazy! Ted Cruz has become the David Koresh of the GOP.

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GOP leaders still struggle with party's wingers

This week’s showdown over defunding Obamacare at the expense of potentially shutting down the government is the most recent example in a series of fights activists have supported, including forcing a debate on National Security Agency surveillance, filibustering nominations in the Senate and thwarting Republican support for gun control legislation.

If one of the lessons of 2012 for the GOP leadership was to make peace with its rightward flank, so far, it’s not getting a passing grade when it comes to establishing a real sense of teamwork. Tea party lawmakers are still willing to buck party leaders, often at the behest of conservative groups, despite the fact that top aides to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) have organized a regular invite-only meeting of roughly a dozen advocates from entities like R Street Institute, Independent Women’s Forum, American Conservative Union and Americans for Tax Reform to encourage an open dialogue.

In part, leadership’s struggle to woo so-called wingers to its side remains an uphill fight because there is often a basic disagreement within the new conservative base about the best path forward and many tea partiers aren’t interested in the typical horse trading and compromise that typically have helped make deals on Capitol Hill.
For instance, ATR’s Grover Norquist pushed for Republicans to embrace a delay Obamacare tactic while others on the right joined the chorus of those backing defunding. Still, Norquist said he hopes the defund supporters win.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/republican-party-conservatives-leaders-97365.html#ixzz2fwiE9tFY

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. They spawned these radical kooks, and now they can't control them.

It's another case of "I hate you, Mommy and Daddy"

[Johonny]

2. The difference is the old guard republicans knew these tactic were a ploy

to get stupid people to vote against their self interest. The new guard are the stupid people that believed them. The old guard can't understand why the new guard doesn't understand the crap the party says they believe in is just window dressing and the new guard thinks the old guard are sell outs because they won't stand up for what they believe in (even though they don't believe in it). Meanwhile the RW media flames on as they can remember what is a lie and what was a lie to cover the lie...

[The Magistrate]

3. Well Put, Sir

[libdem4life]

4. The inmates have taken over the asylum.