Name:   copperline - Subject:   RE: Hound...Exactly and Amen!! Date:   9/25/2015 11:53:38 PM

I think we're seeing more evidence that a GOP/Tea Party split is becoming inevitable.   Moderate Republicans are going to have to draw away from the Tea Party's direction or continue this downward spiral.... especially now that public is taking the True Believers at their word:  1) We want to shut, downsize & eviserate the Government whether there is a Democrat or a Republican in the Oval Office.  and 2) We have no plans beyond that.

When the average person stops to think about it, it's a no-brainer that we don't want elected politicians who take it as their mission to shut down the government instead of run it.   Been there, done that and it cost the economy billions last time.    So my contention is that reasonable Republicans will have to step up and take back their party at some point.  Or become irrelevant.