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[The Tea Party movement’s influence on the midterms is] amazing and October 2010
unprecedented. We’ve never seen such political activism from the Right
before . . . Republicans pay less attention to their candidates in office [than
Democrats. The Tea Party, however, is] a group of vigilant political observers
from the right who will ensure that Republicans stick to conservative
principles.
Democrats will likely lose a large number of seats. This
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is the most dissatisfaction we’ve seen with a President
assistant professor of history for a long time, probably since Carter. It’s not good for
Democrats and it’s not good for Obama.

Truly conservative principles would take the nation back to the vision
of the Founders: that of self-governing individuals living under the
rule of law whose design is to protect property rights rather than
transfer wealth to certain selected interests.

We are on the verge of a political realignment,

if the Republicans have the moxie with which to exploit the
opportunity.
In times in which the American public is not vigilant, which is most of the time, government
drifts toward a helping hand…and a helping hand is always a controlling
hand. From 1912 until now, this has been the direction of our drift. I believe and have believed
since August 2009 [as the Tea Party movement spread] that we can reverse that drift.

As Thatcher said, the trouble with socialism is that you

eventually run out of other people’s money. Paul A. Rahe
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We’re about to run out of other people’s money. So we’re going to see a
tremendous collapse of the welfare state.

If I were in California, I would vote for [Democrat gubernatorial candidate] Jerry

Brown: I want the [financial] explosion to take place on their watch. Let them have it! The effect
will be a revolution in American politics. Let’s have responsible government.

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I think that Republicans will gain control of the United States House. I think
they’ll gain five Senate seats. In Michigan, I believe they’ll win the governor’s
race, probably the Attorney General’s race . . . I think Tim Walberg’s going to win
the congressional race in our district here. Michigan Republicans will also likely
retain the Senate and have a good chance of winning the state House.

There are lots of people that voted in 2008, in the Democratic tsunami, that were one-time voters, who
came out to vote for Obama because he was going to be the first black president. Will they want to come
out now to vote for an unpopular congressman? I don’t think so.

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Healthcare’s going to be a big issue, because it clearly is government
Gary Wolfram trying to take over 17% of the economy. It was unpopular before
professor of economics it passed, and it’s unpopular now. No one believes that any of the
people who voted for it actually read the thing.

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