MBD is right to question the premise of Chris's question; "Tea Party" was always kind of a phony guise for old Movement Con forces. #uppers
@vastleft I don't think that being a member of the GOP or Dem parties *necessarily* means one launders their party's routine practices.
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@mtracey In practice, though, having essentially token players who have halos for audience rest of party underserves has that effect. -
@vastleft Not in the case of Paul & Kucinich tho, who build grassroots coalitions external to existing two-party apparatuses. Feingold too. - 1 more reply
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