re: #122 freetoken

Steve Teles and Mark Kleiman appear to agree that it may not be a sound idea to flush the Tea Partiers out of the GOP, at least until after the 2010 election:
[Link: bloggingheads.tv…]

That’s a great example of how the loons are holding the GOP hostage. Republican strategists are terrified of alienating them, because they have a probably accurate sense that the GOP base right now is heavily dominated by angry ranters and Limbaugh/Beck followers.

This is a recipe for massive fail. If the GOP continues encouraging the nutjobs, eventually something really nasty is going to happen, and the fallout against the GOP will be tremendous.