Senate Races 2012: Republican Establishment Tries To Tamp Down Tea Party Insurgency

This is a long term battle within the Republican Party coming to a head over the last couple of election cycles. This is not a new fight. it even existed back in 1964. What we are seeing is the John Birch Society wing of the GOP, as characterized by the Tea Party, getting the upper hand over the what remains of the Establishment GOP. The Birchers have carefully eliminated the Liberal Republicans in the 70's and entrenched themselves around Reagan in the 80's, ever moving the Republican Party to the Right. Now the Birchers are purging the Moderate Republicans, like Olympia Snow, and going after Establishment GOP like Lugar and Hatch, who though Conservative, aren't ideologically pure. The John Birch Tea Party Society is an ideological movement that doesn't believe in compromise, and like its key backers the Koch Brothers, want it all.
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