<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hard to imagine Tea Partiers crossing over since polls have found they're just the conservative Republican base with another name:</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div id="content_start" class="headings">
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<div class="date">July 2, 2010</div>
<h1><span>Tea Party Supporters Overlap Republican Base</span></h1>
<h2><span>Eight out of 10 Tea Party supporters are Republicans</span></h2>
<div class="authorDisplayLine1">by Frank Newport</div>
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<div>PRINCETON, NJ -- There is significant overlap
between Americans who identify as supporters of the Tea Party movement
and those who identify as conservative Republicans. Their similar
ideological makeup and views suggest that the Tea Party movement is more
a rebranding of core Republicanism than a new or distinct entity on the
American political scene...</div><div>http://www.gallup.com/poll/141098/tea-party-supporters-overlap-republican-base.aspx<br></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jay Borden <jborden@datawedge.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:52 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] hard to imagine<br> </font> </div> <br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv403356947WordSection1"><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Well… it amazes me how my posts are either too simple and straight forward… or too long for you to give your attention to.</span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">I was just pointing out that based on what I saw, this wasn’t some sort of a landslide in process, or that “the times they are ‘a changin” (to loosely quote the end of Keely’s post)… if you look at the web site that was referenced, (not just the web site that WROTE about it), it turns out it’s just one or two folks that put up a few blog posts. </span></div><div
class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">If you want to use the same concept as a definition of “extreme”, then it’s worth noting the domains “<a target="_blank" href="http://hippiesforgingrich.com">hippiesforgingrich.com</a>” and “<a target="_blank" href="http://99percentersforromney.com">99percentersforromney.com</a>” are still up for grabs. Statistically, based upon the fact that NO ONE has put up a web site with these topics, these points of view could be considered even more extreme.</span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">I have posted before that having an extreme viewpoint is relative to your position. If you’re an Obama supporter, then anything to the right is extreme. If you’re a Ron Paul supporter, then anything to the left is extreme. </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">If you’re a [true] moderate, then anything on both ends is extreme. </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">If you want to find middle ground, then BOTH
ends of the bell-curve have to agree to meet in the middle. Anything less, and you’ve got what we have now.</span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Jay</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> Joe Campbell [mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jay Borden<br><b>Cc:</b> keely emerinemix; vision2020@moscow.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] hard to imagine</span></div></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">The fact below is not telling of the extreme nature of the Tea Party, Jay? Likely there would be more participants on a Jews for Hitler blog. It amazes me that you make this remark as if it were something to be proud of. I fear for the well being of our country given this level of divisiveness. How can we reach the kind of political compromise that will allow us to work together and actually solve our problems? This is not a rhetorical question; I'm genuinely anxious to know what you think. How do we find the middle ground given the
political climate?</div><div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Jay Borden <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">jborden@datawedge.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Well... the “<a target="_blank" href="http://teapartyforObama.com">teapartyforObama.com</a>” web site has a total of 5 [blog?] posts from a total of 2 people… since July 4<sup>th</sup> of last year.</span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">So… I wouldn’t exactly call this a stampede.</span></div><div
class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Jay</span></div></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";"> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com"
target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>keely emerinemix<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2012 9:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] hard to imagine</span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""> </div><div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";">You know, I'd love it if this were true, or if it represented a truly significant shift in voter thinking -- it may well be legitimate, but no less unbelievable:<br><br>http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/16/the-tea-party-for-obama/<br><br>Yep. Some self-identified Tea Party activists -- "self identified" probably because their Tea Party brethren wouldn't welcome them into
the fold -- evidently have seen the light. <br><br>Perhaps this is ultimate proof that even those you'd expect to embrace one of the GOP presidential candidates are becoming aware that not a one of them, now that Huntsman is out, deserves their support, much less even five more minutes in the spotlight. Still, I think "gobsmacked" describes what I felt after seeing this. <br><br>Well, Bob Dylan had it right. The times, they are a'changin' . . . <br><br></span><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";color:#8064A2;">Keely<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv403356947MsoNormal"><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
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