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it lets them paint the party as a whole as more extreme than they hope the voters are comfortable with.

Posted by znufrii Sep 15 '10, 07:48

The further rightwards they hcan make the party look, the more centrist the Dems look in comparison, and in specific races (see: Delaware Senate race) effectively ends GOP chances of winning the seat.

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- Well, the enthusiasm gap amongst the Dems is not at all surprising. - znufrii Sep 15, 07:54
- I think the hope is that the extremism of the Tea Partiers will motivate the democratic voters in a way that they haven't been. - pmb Sep 15, 07:53

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it lets them paint the party as a whole as more extreme than they hope the voters are comfortable with.

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