conservativeguy
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Barring the GOP pulling a decent moderate candidate out of their hat at the last minute, Obama will be re-elected. Thus far they have only paid attention to a parade of favors of the month from the Tea Party and two moderate candidates with enough baggage to weight down any chance at at winning. They had real talent in the mix, they ignored it and they will be faced with 4 more years of Obama - and possibly with a Democratic majority in the Senate and the House.
The TP only represents the feelings of about 20-25% of the electorate, but they have thrown monkey wrench after monkey wrench into plans to fix the economy. Since they are a segment of the GOP, guess who voters are blaming. I feel the TP has been more effective than the Democratic party in making the GOP unpopular with the electorate.
The latest poll I saw had the TP approval number in the 40's. When people are asked what they think about smaller government, personal liberty and less government intrusion in their lives (all TP platforms), a majority of the voters share those views. Besides that, there isn't a TP candidate or a TP "Party" so people will be voting for a dem or a repub.....not some boogieman with TP stamped on his forehead.