Chamber of Commerce putting up 50 mil to help Repubs fight off teabagger primary challengers

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Looks like they've had enough of the Frankenstein monster they've created.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...er-planning-50m-campaign-to-curtail-tea-party

The Chamber of Commerce is planning to spend at least $50 million on a campaign to boost establishment Republicans in primaries against Tea Party challengers, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The group's broader aim is to help the GOP win Senate control and block Tea Party Republican candidates who might lose otherwise winnable seats to Democrats.

"Our No. 1 focus is to make sure, when it comes to the Senate, that we have no loser candidates," Chamber political strategist Scott Reed tells the Journal. "That will be our mantra: No fools on our ticket."

The organization has been gearing up for a more confrontational approach toward Tea Party Republicans since the government shutdown. It has already been involved in some special elections for House primaries, and is supporting Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) against his Tea Party primary foe.

Hard-right, mistake-prone Senate candidates are widely perceived to have cost the GOP five Senate seats in recent years, in states including Missouri, Indiana and Delaware.

Potential states that could be ripe for Chamber involvement include Georgia, Iowa and North Carolina, where Tea Party candidates could complicate their party's chances of winning Senate seats.

The Chamber's push is part of a larger effort by establishment and business Republicans to seize back control of their party, according to the report.
 

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pitting white trash vs white trash not going to be an easy sell. the machine was really behind the tea party for awhile the typical inbred conservative non news consumer will probably vote for the tea party because they'll think about don't tread on me flags.
 
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Lol the chamber of commerce is a huge corporatist machine (that fronts like it's pro small business) that HATES with passion any group that isn't bowing to special interest. This isn't as much political as much as it is about protecting themselves against individuals that might not do their bidding.

Yall have to start understanding that there ARE common interests between more conservative tea party type folks and those that lean liberal in some respects. These Tea Party types are actually doing some good in the sense that they are blocking some atrocious shyt from passing as best they can. In SOME ways we need MORE like them in the house and senate. If you guys think any sort of good change in this country is going to be perfect and along only ideological lines that YOU agree, you should think again.
 
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I'm rooting for the teabaggers. :whew:


For real. fukk them but I've come to realize that the "Status Quo Big Business" is MUCH worse. If these Teabaggers manage to crash the markets it might be a blessing in disguise. The people might get some power back.

The Enemy of the Enemy is my friend type of thing.
 
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