Tea Party growing more unpopular

[they don't love you like i love you]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/cnn-poll-unfavorable-view-of-tea-party-on-the-rise/

Wow. Big surprise.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It was only a matter of time.

[Horus]

I've expected this for awhile... Good.

[Joe Biden 2020]

It will grow even more unpopular because Fmr Defense Secy Donald Rumsfeld likes the Tea Party!!  That is probably the death of the Tea Party.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/rumsfeld-talks-2012/

At the very bottom of the article this -

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[Dgov]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

[Joe Biden 2020]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

Good point!!

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

Good point!!

Give them time...

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

actually the poll says it's pretty much the same.

i think the tea party groups made a wrong turn losing focus on taxes and spending and going after xenophobic crap and the like, while the politicians they helped to elect seem completely uninterested in reforming entitlements.  yeah cut foreign aid and npr - like that'll shrink the deficit.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

actually the poll says it's pretty much the same.

i think the tea party groups made a wrong turn losing focus on taxes and spending and going after xenophobic crap and the like, while the politicians they helped to elect seem completely uninterested in reforming entitlements.  yeah cut foreign aid and npr - like that'll shrink the deficit.

The tea party was a small movement, then it became a home for ultra right-wingers of all persuasions - they turned it into a social movement, they stopped talking about debt and moved to immigration, gay marriage, abortion etc etc etc... you think they went after NPR and Planned Parenthood based on their cost? lol

If the hardcore teabaggers had their way and they cut had the chance to cut what they want... their support would collapse overnight... what it comes down to, the American people don't like debt, but they don't feel they should have to sacrifice or lose anything themselves...

[courts]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

actually the poll says it's pretty much the same.

i think the tea party groups made a wrong turn losing focus on taxes and spending and going after xenophobic crap and the like, while the politicians they helped to elect seem completely uninterested in reforming entitlements.  yeah cut foreign aid and npr - like that'll shrink the deficit.

No no. You have it all wrong. See, Teabaggers don't want government to touch their social security or medicare, socialism is only when 'those people' ask for 'help'!

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I think Polnut is right that there is a hardcore group of TPs that advocate things that would be acceptable to very few Americans, while Mint is right that most of them don't belong to this group and want their own checks from the govt to keep coming in the mail, while I am also right that so many people have no idea what costs money in the government - so they think that defunding things they don't like anyway will make a difference. basically,  'Tea Party' has become meaningless having lost any coherent agenda.

[courts]

I think Polnut is right that there is a hardcore group of TPs that advocate things that would be acceptable to very few Americans, while Mint is right that most of them don't belong to this group and want their own checks from the govt to keep coming in the mail, while I am also right that so many people have no idea what costs money in the government - so they think that defunding things they don't like anyway will make a difference. basically,  'Tea Party' has become meaningless having lost any coherent agenda.

There's definitely that 1/3rd or so that actually are serious/not totally retarded about the above but it's become an overly broad, catch-all term that includes plenty of people that have nothing in common besides shared animosity.. You know, sort of like 'conservatism' in general now.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Unpopular perhaps, but not less powerful.  They have Speaker Boehner jumping through hoops on command.

[memphis]

Unpopular perhaps, but not less powerful.  They have Speaker Boehner jumping through hoops on command.

He's pretty much given up on them and is working with the Dems for a budget compromise. Their only purpose is to weaken the GOP by getting unelectable nutters on the ballot.

[Stranger in a strange land]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

Good point!!

Give them time...

The Tea Party is a fad, and it's only just starting to wind down. It has a shelf life - we just don't know how long it is.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Unpopular perhaps, but not less powerful.  They have Speaker Boehner jumping through hoops on command.

He's pretty much given up on them and is working with the Dems for a budget compromise. Their only purpose is to weaken the GOP by getting unelectable nutters on the ballot.

Yes, but last I heard they're making it very hard for him to come to such a compromise.......no?

[Bull Moose Base]

I bet they still have a long way to fall.  Tea Party's effect hasn't yet been felt by the average person.

[memphis]

Unpopular perhaps, but not less powerful.  They have Speaker Boehner jumping through hoops on command.

He's pretty much given up on them and is working with the Dems for a budget compromise. Their only purpose is to weaken the GOP by getting unelectable nutters on the ballot.

Yes, but last I heard they're making it very hard for him to come to such a compromise.......no?

Depends on how many Dems Boehner can win over. Don't forget that Dems enjoy nothing more than capitulation to GOP leadership.

[exopolitician]

Hopefully this "movement" will fizzle out after the next election.

[t_host1]

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hum...  a missing expiration date.

[Stranger in a strange land]

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hum...  a missing expiration date.

All movements have an expiration date. I'm sure there will still be people in 18th century garb complaining about taxes and immigrants 20 years from now, but there are still people who wear tie-dye, smoke pot, and drive around in VW minibuses. The Hippie Movement ended a long time ago, just like the Tea Party movement will end the day Obama leaves office, if not before.

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

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hum...  a missing expiration date.

All movements have an expiration date. I'm sure there will still be people in 18th century garb complaining about taxes and immigrants 20 years from now, but there are still people who wear tie-dye, smoke pot, and drive around in VW minibuses. The Hippie Movement ended a long time ago, just like the Tea Party movement will end the day Obama leaves office, if not before.

Or it could cease to be a movement and become an actual part of society and culture, like how a whole bunch of the elements of the Hippie movement are still around but aren't necessarily associated with hippies. EVERYONE could shift rightwards, in which case the TP would cease to exist due to nothing to fight against.

Doubtful, but who knows. The US might not even exist in twenty years, let alone forty.

[Phony Moderate]

Most Americans dislike Communism, so no suprise.

[LBJ Revivalist]

Most Americans dislike Communism, so no suprise.

Communism is anything to the left of Laissez-Faire, "poor are der undermensch" capitalism, right, Libertarian?

[Ban my account ffs!]

. . . And its still less unpopular than either the Democratic or Republican parties.  LOL

I call BS on that.  Their disapproval rate is 1 point lower than for the Dems of the GOP... yet their approval rating is much lower, indicating a higher number of undecideds.  I'd say that the Tea Party is at least slightly more unpopular than the GOP as a whole.