Some of you will be held personally responsible for this.

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Put simply, Democrats are largely content with their own party, while distaste among Republicans for the GOP has grown exponentially this year.

The most recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, offers a stark window into widening divisions within the GOP over strategy and what kind of leaders Republicans want going forward. The Democratic Party, by comparison, is a picture of unity.

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The sharp divisions over political style with the GOP also have no corollary among Democrats.

A good example is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, widely seen as a chief architect of the showdown that led to last month’s government shutdown.

In the poll, just 19% of non-tea party Republicans said they have a positive view of Mr. Cruz, exactly in line with the rest of the country. But a striking 69% of tea-party Republicans in the poll gave Mr. Cruz positive marks.

read more if you dare: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/11/01...ns-dislike-gop/

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You fail to understand the Tea Party is fed up with the establishment spinless gop--the reason we got behind Cruz was because he stood-up and fought for his priciples--right or wrong it does not matter but the fact he would not lay down said more than you realize

yes we are going to kick the establishment out--The only ones that don't like what cruz did are the Libs and the GOPe so they whine about it

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Quote: Eglman wrote in post #4

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yep like I said--The only ones that don't like what cruz did are the Libs and the GOPe

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From the article:

"Forty-nine percent of Americans now view the tea party unfavorably...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16..._n_4110559.html

Quote: Eglman wrote in post #13

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Those who consider themselves part of the Tea Party do not want to win for the sake of winning, their only interest in winning is to save the country from policies that they believe have it on the road to destruction. When your choice is between fighting a policy that you believe will destroy the country and losing and going along with a policy that will destroy the country in order to win, they prefer to lose. They would rather lose the fight to save the country than act as enablers to its destruction.

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Quote: Eglman wrote in post #13

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From a commenter on Lucianne that sums it up nicely

Those who consider themselves part of the Tea Party do not want to win for the sake of winning, their only interest in winning is to save the country from policies that they believe have it on the road to destruction. When your choice is between fighting a policy that you believe will destroy the country and losing and going along with a policy that will destroy the country in order to win, they prefer to lose. They would rather lose the fight to save the country than act as enablers to its destruction.

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