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Originally Posted by octothorp
Freudian typo is accurate. It'll be really interesting to see where the money goes this next election cycle. Big business would be wise to back traditional republicans in a big way to try and counter the tea party effect and the uncertainty it brings.
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Its a fine line to walk though. For Republican Senators no big deal. For Republican Congressmen if they are seen as being bought or a part of "Big Business", then they had better have gotten through the primary. Primaries are without a doubt the biggest threat to Republicans. The voting blocks who show up (old people, religious fanatics) will always go with the most extreme candidates. If a known "Big Business" backed Republican candidate gets into a primary against a known "Science denier, mouth breather, logic denier, Jesus wrote the constitution believer" Tea Party candidate, the Tea Partier is going to win more often than not. Republicans would be better off disavowing the Tea Party and simply forcing them to go 3rd party. Accepting them as part of the party has put them in a very bad way.