
But as Mark Shields (above) once said, "Elections are won between the 40-yard lines."
And as the Republican Party gets more and more ideologically pure (and frightening), I can't help thinking that it will become less and less attractive to independents in the middle of the political spectrum. I just don't see how a "hostile takeover" of the GOP by the tea partiers -- in the words of Matt Kibbe, the president of FreedomWorks -- is a winner in the long run. Americans just gravitate toward the center.
I think a more likely outcome over the next two or three election cycles is for Senator Jim DeMint, tea party Republican from South Carolina, to get his wish: 30 or so ideologically pure Republican senators mostly talking to each other while the other 70 or so -- Democrats -- pass legislation. The U. S. would then, officially, become a one-party state.
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