Tea Party May Be Losing Steam, But Issues Still Boil
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The battle over how to avoid the looming cuts and tax increases known as the fiscal cliff is a frustrating one for the Tea Party. The movement is still a force within the GOP, even as its popularity has fallen over the past two years. But in the current debate, there have been no big rallies in Washington, and Tea Party members in Congress seem resigned to the fact that any eventual deal will be one they won't like — and that they'll have little influence over. Ryan Rhodes, who heads the Iowa Tea Party, doesn't see anything to feel good about as he watches Washington from afar. "Well, frankly, the way that Republicans are getting beat, and beat essentially from a media perspective... It's starting to get kind of embarrassing," he says.
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| -0.0479491 | "I think the biggest failure that the Republicans have had is getting the debate to be about raising taxes instead of about cutting spending," he says. ... |
| -0.167558 | "So we're not adverse to compromise, and you've got to have the votes. And let's face it, conservatives don't have the votes in the Senate, and they don't have the votes in the White House," he says. ... |
| 0.21717 | "So we're not adverse to compromise, and you've got to have the votes. And let's face it, conservatives don't have the votes in the Senate, and they don't have the votes in the White House," he says. "So we can't win everything, but what we can't do is we can't lose everything." |
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| -0.182946 | "Well, frankly, the way that Republicans are getting beat, and beat essentially from a media perspective... It's starting to get kind of embarrassing," he says. |
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| 0.108733 | "It's sort of like elements in a solution, when you're electroplating. All you have to do is stick a wire in there and run a charge through it," he says. ... |
| 0.108733 | "It's sort of like elements in a solution, when you're electroplating. All you have to do is stick a wire in there and run a charge through it," he says. "And I do believe they could be brought back and galvanized." |
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While the movement loses popularity nationwide, it's still a force in the GOP. However, when it comes to fiscal cliff negotiations, Tea Party members in Congress seem resigned to the fact that any eventual deal will be one they won't like. That doesn't mean the Tea Party spirit can't be recharged.
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