The GOP Civil War Is On
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The so-called Tea Party far-right radical fringe is preparing to devour conservative Republican candidates in GOP primaries — whom they call RINOs — because they are not sufficiently radical or extreme enough.
The GOP civil war is on. See Bloomberg News, Republican Civil War Erupts: Business Groups v. Tea Party, POLITICO Tiger Beat on The Potomac, Donors' frustration with GOP mounts, and today's New York Times, Fiscal
Crisis Sounds the Charge in G.O.P.’s ‘Civil War’.
I would argue that it is in the best interest of the country for the unsustainable GOP coalition to end its failed marriage of convenience and to go their separate ways. This uncompatible coalition of diverse groups should form their own political parties and platforms which accurately reflect their diverse political ideologies.
This would give voters a true choice in November, not a faux choice decided by partisan activists in low turnout GOP primaries. If the so-called Tea Party truly believes that it enjoys popular support, then it should prove it by running under its own party label and platform, rather than hijacking the traditional Republican Party label and deceiving voters by running under a false flag.
The traditional Republican Party is a center-right business oriented political party, and should retain its historic party label.
The so-called Tea Party is a collection of far-right radical extremists from the Neo-Confederate Birthers-Birchers-Secessionists, nativist anti-immigrant "Know Nothings," and the theocratic Christian Reconstructionists and Dominionists. They are ideological purists and religious fanatics who view legislative defeats as a test of their faith — "we can win if only our faith is strong." These are the kind of fanatics who do not respond to facts, logic or reason. It is a question of faith for them. They believe they are waging a Holy Crusade. See Ed Kilgore at the Political Animal blog, Constitutional Conservatism As a Religion.