Nope, you made the assertion the Tea Party does not control the GOP, it is up to u to prove that, sir.
Sorry, ol' chum. First, YOU made the assertion they controlled the GOP, which I said I did not believe. Go back up the thread if your memory fails you. I am asking you to show me the values that the Tea Party officially supports. If you wish to back out of this again, then do so. But don't make up stuff.
RCG, here you go. From Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement Official Platform from Contract With America: Contract from America Main article: Contract from America The Contract from America was the idea of Houston-based lawyer Ryan Hecker. He stated that he developed the concept of creating a grassroots call for reform prior to the April 15, 2009, Tax Day Tea Party rallies. To promote his idea, he launched a website, ContractFromAmerica.com, which encouraged people to offer possible planks for the contract. Identify constitutionality of every new law: Require each bill to identify the specific provision of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to do what the bill does (82.03%). Reject emissions trading: Stop the "cap and trade" administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. (72.20%). Demand a balanced federal budget: Begin the Constitutional amendment process to require a balanced budget with a two-thirds majority needed for any tax modification. (69.69%) Simplify the tax system: Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one that is no longer than 4,543 words â the length of the original Constitution. (64.9%). Audit federal government agencies for constitutionality: Create a Blue Ribbon taskforce that engages in an audit of federal agencies and programs, assessing their Constitutionality, and identifying duplication, waste, ineffectiveness, and agencies and programs better left for the states or local authorities. (63.37%). Limit annual growth in federal spending: Impose a statutory cap limiting the annual growth in total federal spending to the sum of the inflation rate plus the percentage of population growth. (56.57%). Repeal the health care legislation passed on March 23, 2010: De-fund, repeal, and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (56.39%). Pass an "all-of-the-above" energy policy: Authorize the exploration of additional energy reserves to reduce American dependence on foreign energy sources and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy creation. (55.5%). Reduce earmarks: Place a moratorium on all earmarks until the budget is balanced, and then require a two-thirds majority to pass any earmark. (55.47%). Reduce taxes: Permanently repeal all recent tax increases, and extend permanently the George W. Bush temporary reductions in income tax, capital gains tax, and estate taxes, currently scheduled to end in 2011. (53.38%). The Tea Party Patriots have asked both Democrats and Republicans to sign on to the Contract. No Democrats signed on, and the contract met resistance from some Republicans who since created "Commitment to America". Candidates in the 2010 elections who signed the Contract from America included Utah's Mike Lee, Nevada's Sharron Angle, Sen. Coburn (R-OK), and Sen. DeMint end Please point out which part of this platform you do not support, and which is fringe.
You saw what in 1999? Next ten years will usher out the prolonged slump and in a sustained economic boom. It's in the cards, the demographical deck. Won't matter who the President is, or the ruling party. The Dems and Reps are both creatures of capitalism. Despite all the nonsense rhetoric by simpletons claiming Obama is a socialist, he is a capitalist tool just like any other President, and I don't mean tool in the perjorative.
Obesity poster child Christie will never live in the White House. The Republicans will refuse to appropriate funds to shoreup the floor joists in the White House.
Fine, but this would only lead to a defacto/dejure conversation, which is more effort than I care to put into this argument. So, I will concede*