Sunday, November 21, 2010
Quasi-Republicans
We just learned about the Quasi-War from our intelligent peers this past week. Something that stuck out to me was the fact that back then, Republicans were called Federalists and Democrats were called Republican-Democrats. While the names of the political groups had eveloved since then, they have also evolved recently in the world of politics. There is now a "splinter" group of Republicans called the "Tea Party," which is made up of younger minds and has recently taken over the House. The Republican party had a hard time defining itself, and was considered to be running out of energy in terms of leadership, policies, and popularity. So the Tea Party came out and is trying to become the new "face" of the Republicans.
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I BLOGGED ABOUT THE SAME THING! Its cool how you tied the tea party into this. I wonder if there is a party similar to this yet more left-winged than right?
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I don't think it's fair to say that the Tea Party has "taken over the House". Most of the Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate for that matter are not associated with the Tea Party Movement. But the Te Partyers are certainly an interesting political group.
ReplyDeleteYeah Max you're right, but what I meant is that they're attempting to take over the House. And thanks, S!
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