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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
There's been a lot of noise from the Tea Party opposing the settlement, including DeMint. It's just been drowned out by the noise on the Democratic side. Come January, I think the Tea Party will need a scalp or two on issues they've defined as "theirs", and this could be one of them.
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I agree -- though this may be their immediate reality check, confronting the Tea Party with the impossibility of balancing the budget, cutting taxes, and preserving all the spending that their full-of-shit supporters love. (Their supporters only want to cut gov't spending on other people....)
I just checked Rand Paul's website, since I view him and Kentucky as the Ur-ground of the Tea-Party-As-Full-of-Shit, and saw that his position is that he would likely oppose this compromise. I'd bet that most Tea Party electees say the same -- but I'm not going to check, as having to visit Rand Paul's site was punishment enough for any sins I may have committed.
