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Hamster
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« on: April 21, 2014, 10:40:16 AM »

The establishment of the party, represented by folks like Romney, Rove, and the Bush family, are still searching for a suitable candidate. Meanwhile, the Jim DeMint-wing of the party is flush with money from the Heritage Foundation and Sheldon Adelson (among others) to mount a serious "outsider" candidacy. Is this the year that an insurgent candidate breaks the cycle, or will the 2016 be another coronation process?
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2014, 09:24:35 AM »

False dichotomy. All possible "insurgent" Republican candidates are, by necessity, also establishment candidates.
Was Santorum an establishment candidate? There seems to me to be a very clear divide between the Old Guard Republicans and the new conservatives of the Tea Party and Heritage Foundation.
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