Of
the Tea Party caucus in the House, we lost a total of ___ members.
Michelle Bachmann (MN-6) - Retired Kerry Bentivolio (MI-11) - Lost
primary to establishment hack David Trott who won the seat in the
general Steve Southerland (FL-2) - Lost general election to Democrat
Gwen Graham Steve Stockman (TX-36) - Abandoned seat to try an unseat
Republican senator John Cornyn. Lost that primary. Paul Bround (GA-10)
- Abandoned seat to run for senator. Lost that primary. Phil Gingrey
(GA-11) - Abandoned seat to run for senator. Lost that primary.
So, a total of 6 Tea Party losses in the House.
Well,
that means the Tea Party 'radical' wing of the Republican Party lost 6
and gained 15, for a net total of 9 pickups for the Tea Party in the
house.
Now, it is true that overall, the Republicans picked up likely 17 seats
formerly held by Democrats, and so this dilutes it a little, but it
seems like a wash to me.
Rumors that Boehner now has enough 'spare' votes to ignore his Tea
caucus are false. He's in exactly the same position he was in before,
perhaps even moreso a hostage, as he did lose a couple of moderates
himself (Bachus, Hall, Wolf).
What about the gains?
John Ratcliffe (TX-4) - Shot down incumbent Ralph Hall in the
Republican primary. Ran unopposed.
Dave Brat (VA-7) - Astonishingly demolished incumbent house majority
leader Eric Cantor in arguably the cycle's biggest upset. Won the
general.
Tom Emmer (MN-6) - Succeeding Bachmann, Emmer has a solid fiery
conservative record. He won easily.
Jody Hice (GA-10) - Succeeding Broun, this guy is infuriating Democrats
who are calling him 'the most evil republican of 2014!'... so you know
he's solid gold! Easily won in the deep red district and has said he
wont vote for Boehner.
Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) - Succeeding Gingrey, Loudermilk is actually
more conservative than his predecessor, endorsed by SCF, ran unopposed
and won't vote for Boehner.
Mia Love (UT-4) - Early Tea Party favorite, after much struggle, she is
IN!
Alex Mooney (WV-2) - Solid conservative wins the seat previously held
by moderate now-Republican-senator Shelly Moore Capito in a walk.
David Rouzer (NC-7) - Been waiting to come to congress for a while,
this was his year. Replaced retiring blue dog Democrat Mike McIntyre.
Ken Buck (CO-4) - Likely to be a little more conservative than
now-Republican-senator Cory Gardner, former 2010 senate candidate is
now a congressman.
Barbara Comstock (VA-10) - A Mark Levin pick for congress, she won
easily the seat of retired RINO Frank Wolf.
Bruce Poliquinn (ME-2) - A very conservative candidate who won the
primary in an upset. Establishment thought he'd lose. He didn't.
Crescent Hardy (NV-4) - Consevative state assemblyman. He beat Democrat
Steven Horseford in an upset. Democrats already griping he's a radical.
Mike Bost (IL-12) - Dubbed Meltdown Mike for his explosive defenses of
the 2nd Amendment on the floor of the state house, he is going to be
giving as much hell to the democrats and RINOS as Stockman did.
Gary Palmer (AL-6) - Seizing the seat held by retiring RINO Spencer
Bachus is a solid Alabama conservative.
Johnny Tacherra (CA-16)??? - Seems on course to unseat Democrat
incumbent Jim Costa in an upset nobody saw coming. He comes out of the
Tim Donnelly school of California right wing thought.
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Well, that means the Tea Party 'radical' wing of the Republican Party
lost 6 and gained 15, for a net total of 9 pickups for the Tea Party in
the house.
Now, it is true that overall, the Republicans picked up likely 17 seats
formerly held by Democrats, and so this dilutes it a little, but it
seems like a wash to me.
Rumors that Boehner now has enough 'spare' votes to ignore his Tea
caucus are false. He's in exactly the same position he was in before,
perhaps even moreso a hostage as he did lose a couple of moderates
himself (Bachus, Hall, Wolf).
I hope this provides some encouragement. The Tea Party is ALIVE AND
WELL.
posted
on 11/6/2014, 3:00:49 AM by Viennacon
