"Republicans are their own worst political enemy"

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Republicans are their own worst political enemy

By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/21/republicans-have-met-the-political-enemy-and-it-is-them/?wprss=rss_the-fix&clsrd

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For a Republican hoping to win back the White House in 2016 after eight years in the political wilderness, it’s been a frustrating last few days.

“The party is acting as if the entire world is a GOP primary,” said Mike Murphy, a prominent Republican campaign consultant. “That is a very dangerous way to operate. We have massive image problems with the greater electorate, and the silly antics of the purist wing are making our dire problems even worse.”

Consider the following events on Tuesday:

* Ted Cruz, the flag-bearer of the tea party movement among elected officials, dominated headlines with his renunciation of his Canadian citizenship, a move that quite clearly signaled his interest in running for president in 2016.

* Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander penned an op-ed in the Tennessean defending himself against tea party attacks, insisting: “One good way to put our country on the right track is to send to Washington a conservative, problem-solving former governor who worked well with others to get the results that put our state on the right track.”



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