Will the GOP keep the crazies out of their primary process?

[Pryderi]

I don't think they can, and we should encourage their crazies

On "Morning Joe" they've been having all these discussions about keeping them in check or the repugs will continue to lose ground.

I wonder how they propose putting the destructive force into a straitjacket. They may have to kidnap Rush Limbo and gag him.

17 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes. They will find a way to keep tea baggers out of the primary process
	1 (6%)
	No. They won't.
	16 (94%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
Show usernames Disclaimer: This is an Internet poll

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Impossible. The crazies ARE the party now. nt

[patricia92243]

2. Rush and TeaBaggers are two different things. Rush does not run for office. TeaBaggers do.

I think they will definitely freeze out the TeaBaggers - give them no money. I don't know about Rush - there will just be other crazies to take his place.

[AlinPA]

10. Who are "they"? Try to find GOP members anywhere who are not extreme, especially in

Congress. There is a lot of talk about Boehner having trouble with the teabaggers. That's bull. He is a teabagger himself.

[Pryderi]

14. Well if TeaBaggers are not Limbaugh's audience, who is? n/t

[MarianJack]

3. Withput the crazies,...

...where would they find anybody?

PEACE!

[AlinPA]

9. Agreed!. The crazies=GOP.

[librechik]

21. yes--at the least they are the most confident and dynamic personalities,

so they can gather a crowd. Of other crazies. Cuz Repubs are mostly crazies

[Scuba]

4. They'll try, and partially succeed. The purse strings will tighten for nutjobs and ..

... they'll try hard to identify fiscal conservatives with neutral records on social issues.

Their problem is Catch 22. If you believe in trickledown, you must be nuts.

[Historic NY]

5. Republicans need to open their own re-education camps.

to undo the brain rot of the conservative entertainment complex.

[RDANGELO]

6. No , I don't think it is possible.

The only way around them, would be to drown them out with moderates. The Democrats are winning moderates by a large margin. The Republicans are going to die a slow death.

[Gman]

7. It can't be done without changing state laws

And they've packed so many nuts into state legislatures that it'll never happen.

[AlinPA]

8. Who are the GOP? It's about time we acknowledge that the crazies are the GOP. So the

question "Will the GOP keep the crazies out of their primary process?" is invalid. Try to find enough "non-crazies" in the GOP to fill a school bus and you would be hard pressed to do so.

[modem77]

11. They are going to double down on the lunacy in 2016.

[Pryderi]

15. I'm more worried about 2014. Crazy repugs have better results during off-year elections. n/t

[mikeargo]

12. No. The Crazies are all they have left

[FSogol]

13. Yes, look for them to have caucuses instead of primaries in some states.

That's one way for the party to control the outcome. IIRC, they are doing that in VA

[Pryderi]

16. Wouldn't the caucus process favor the crazies as it requires more time and commitment than primaries

[FSogol]

22. No, the party has control of when and where the caucus is held, credentials, & can even change the

rules to avoid a loss (something the Ron Paul crowd found out this summer).

Years ago, I was a Hart supporter (yeah, youth ) at a state caucus. They kept holding and reholding the vote over and over until Mondale was the winner. It was pointless, Mondale was the predetermined winner and nothing was going to change that.

[Pryderi]

30. I can only imagine the howling and screeching in 2016 if the party bosses block the psychos. I

wonder if it could really lead to a 3rd party.

[theKed]

18. Hahahahahahahahahahaaa

Oh man. Thanks for that.

"Keep the crazies out of the primaries". Good stuff, there. Gold.

[randome]

19. There are not enough non-crazies to make the bill.

[WilliamPitt]

20. They can't

The crazies are the ones who turn out.

GOP voters have no one but themselves to blame for nutbag primaries. When only the nutbags show up (read: 30% turnout), that's what happens.

Memo from Jed Bartlet: "Decisions are made by those who show up."

[hifiguy]

23. The lunatics have the numbers.

While the plutocrats have all the money, there just aren't that many of them. Ergo, the lunatics will continue to control the Repig party.

[HopeHoops]

24. Don't expect another clown car next time around. They know they need to be serious.

I think they just used this election to weed out the chafe they never wanted in the first place. Anybody who had a real chance didn't want to go down in history as an idiot like rMoney or Palin. They need balance it with enough moderates in the primary process or they'll get thrashed with a bamboo cane all over again in 4 years.

[hifiguy]

25. The moderates are pretty much extinct

in the Repig party. Perhaps they can repackage Chris Christie as a moderate, or Huntsman may take another run but the pickings are awfully slim - no pun intended. Most Repig governors and US Senators are total wingnuts and let's not even talk about the House. All of the Jerry Ford/Nelson Rockefeller types were purged long ago and are now conservative to moderate Democrats.

[jschurchin]

26. No chance.

Is it just me, or do others think Nutjob when you hear or read the word Republican. I am amazed at how badly they have destroyed their party.

[Please proceed]

27. No but they will be required not to open

Their mouths and let the whole world how crazy they are until after the election.

[coalition_unwilling]

28. Poorly worded poll questions. Do you mean keep the crazies from

running as candidates, keep the crazies from voting in the Rape-publi-scum primaries or both?

The GOP cannot keep crazies from running as candidates (see Akin and Mourdock) and if it tries to keep crazies from voting in its primaries, it will revert to its real share of the electorate (10-15%).

[Vogon_Glory]

29. They Can't. The Lunatics Are In Charge Of The Asylum

The Rethuglies can't keep the crazies out of their primary process. As much as it may pain some lurking "mainstream" Republican to read this (Don't look at me. I left the dark side 20 years ago), the crazies tend to be better-organized, more motivated and, thanks to the assistance of the likes of the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson, better-funded than any so-called "mainstream" "moderate" GOPster. To marginalize the crazies would require whole new levels of commitment and determination from the sorts of ordinary Republicans that tend to ignore their party's primaries and only turn out in November, and I don't think that's gonna happen for two reasons: (A) the power of indolence and apathy and (B) the thoughtful Republicans are abandoning their party and becoming independents or Democrats.

[Pryderi]

31. I love your thinking! n/t