Have they tried Parah Salin?

What a shame. Maybe if they give more money to Palin she she'll run. She just needs to know how much they love her and support her, and the only way to show that is to donate and buy more of her books.

There is no unifying candidate. You still have five Republican contenders after Iowa. The two conservatives closest to the moderate frontrunner could not be more different - a family-values authoritarian and a quasi-libertarian crank. Their potential constituencies come from two entirely different theories of conservatism.

That's what makes this so great if your name is Barack Obama.

Who does the Tea Party have left? Not Huntsman. Gingrich? Unelectable libertine who wants to impress upon everyone how smart he is. Bachmann and Perry are out.

So the Tea Party has to choose - fringe goldbug, or sexually repressed popesucker?

"I almost got the opinion that they would vote for anybody, even for the devil, as long as he could beat Obama," she said.

that's not an opinion, it's a fact.

If they were truly "independent" of political parties as they claim they are why not support a Libertarian candidate or run their own?

What, a racist homophobe with zero ideas beyond "repeal DADT" isn't exciting? Romney, who will do or say anything, isn't good enough?

The Tea Baggers allowed the crazy to destroy our national political dialogue with their extreme right wing propaganda. Now they get to pay the piper when anybody with a shred of common sense doesn't want anything to do with their extremist bullshiat.

/Nelson, HA HA photo.

indylaw: Who does the Tea Party have left? Not Huntsman. Gingrich? Unelectable libertine who wants to impress upon everyone how smart he is. Bachmann and Perry are out.

The greatest part of the whole mess is that Gingrich is the best politician out of the frontrunners, but he's got so many skeletons in his closet that the GOP would rather dissolve than let him win the primary.

yes..get elected on the promise of jobs, and the fact they'll go against the scary mooslim socialist, and then go after Planned Parenthood and NPR, and your union job. That's some good strategy there

What about Empress Palin?

I thought the unifying candidate for the Tea Party was Obama, in an 'Anybody but' sense.

These jokes will most likely survive the entire Republican party.

Fuggin Bizzy: Haha! I'm unbelievably amused. It's slowly dawning on them that they've been useful idiots, and little else.

I think you are giving them too much credit. I doubt many of them will ever realize they've been useful idiots. Sadly, even if they do, they'll continue to support the GOP because that is all they know how to do.

Dick Armey, the tan version of Boehner, hasn't decided to command the Tea Party who to endorse yet.


Yes, we know the Tea Party doesn't come cheap and the motor's running, but they're already design, built, bought and paid for.

tequilasundae: yes..get elected on the promise of jobs, and the fact they'll go against the scary mooslim socialist, and then go after Planned Parenthood and NPR, and your union job. That's some good strategy there

This is a good point. With luminaries like Scott, Kasich and Walker, not to mention the Tea Tard delegation in the House, America has seen this in action. No jobs, no economic legislation, just the normal extreme-right bullshiat turned up to 11, with a touch of Obama Derangement Syndrome thrown in. If I were a Democrat on the national level I would hit this and not let up until 2016.

"They promised jobs, instead we got social engineering".

Hark! Do you hear that, Palin? Do you hear that, Trump? Do you hear that, Cain?

"Lead us! Let us fill your coffers with gold and silver! Let us worship and adore you!"

And all you have to do, is run a third party candidacy! No primary! No debates! Not a hope of actually winning the job! A clear opportunity to polish your Q ratings! And they will pay you!

Doooo iiiiit. Doooo iiiiit. Dooooooo iiiiiiiiiiit.

Maybe they should go teabag each other to relieve stress.

/got nuthin'

They're going to nominate Romney, they're going to insist that he's a true blue conservative, and they're going to support him because they like taking it up the butt.

FTA: "I've maybe talked to two people in the last five months that like Romney," she said. "What does that tell you?"

Just a shot in the dark here, but I'm going to guess that it means that you surround yourself with people who share the same narrowly defined political beliefs and ideologies, and that you very rarely stray outside that circle in the fear that you may be exposed to an alternate viewpoint?

BRING BACK FREEP-IMPACT

It's almost like their political ideology is utterly conflicting, and they have to settle for a theocratic head case who pays lip service to "freedom" and "liberty," or a fanatical libertarian who pays lip service to "family" and "morality."

Faith, family, and freedom. PICK TWO, YOU HYPOCRITICAL shiatHEADS.

Now with Herman Cain out of the race, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann dropping out after her sixth-place finish in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's fifth-place finish, Tea Party members are quickly losing the candidates they have rallied around over the past year.

You mean the insane, knuckleheaded candidates preferred by an insane, knuckleheaded extremist group aren't palatable to most Americans? Well, I'll be.

SisterMaryElephant: "I almost got the opinion that they would vote for anybody, even for the devil, as long as he could beat Obama," she said.

that's not an opinion, it's a fact.

A tea party co-worker basically said that to me yesterday. He and his TP friend want Romney to win since that's the most likely guy that can beat Obama. That's all they care about.... beating Obama. I asked them both... Who do you really like, if the goal was to not solely beat Obama? They pretty much mumbled between RON PAUL and Gingrich, etc.

To true independents and Democratic farkers here... Go vote on 2012 if you don't want the GOP to win... Just because the TP might not like Romney, they will still vote for him since their only goal is to vote out Obama. Even if the economy improves by Nov, they don't care. They will vote him out.

Vodka Zombie: RON PAUL started the whole freakin' tea party thing. You'd think they'd get behind that yammering old racist.

I mean, it's not like the teabaggers are smart enough to find a reason why they SHOULDN'T support him.

RON PAUL's stance on drugs scares them.

hugram: Just because the TP might not like Romney, they will still vote for him since their only goal is to vote out Obama. Even if the economy improves by Nov, they don't care. They will vote him out.

But they're not racists. No sir. Not at all.

I'm sorry. We as a nation cannot have a President Ass-Froth.

Obama versus Romney! Lets do this!

HellRaisingHoosier: I'm sorry. We as a nation cannot have a President Ass-Froth.

Obama versus Romney! Lets do this!

Hedge Fund Manager vs Community Organizer.

Heck, if it wasn't for the coming oil price spike, this might be biggest landslide in history.

hugram: SisterMaryElephant: "I almost got the opinion that they would vote for anybody, even for the devil, as long as he could beat Obama," she said.

that's not an opinion, it's a fact.

A tea party co-worker basically said that to me yesterday. He and his TP friend want Romney to win since that's the most likely guy that can beat Obama. That's all they care about.... beating Obama. I asked them both... Who do you really like, if the goal was to not solely beat Obama? They pretty much mumbled between RON PAUL and Gingrich, etc.

Sort of like 2004, "Anybody but Bush"?