Republican Party Seems As Divided, Angry As Ever

[Purveyor]

BOSTON — The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever.

Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership. Long-standing geographic tensions have increased, pitting endangered Northeastern Republicans against their colleagues from other parts of the country. Enraged tea party leaders are threatening to knock off dozens of Republicans who supported a measure that raised taxes on the nation's highest earners.

"People are mad as hell. I'm right there with them," Amy Kremer, chairman of the Tea Party Express, said late last week, declaring that she has "no confidence" in the party her members typically support. Her remarks came after GOP lawmakers agreed to higher taxes but no broad spending cuts as part of a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff."

"Anybody that voted `yes' in the House should be concerned" about primary challenges in 2014, she said.

At the same time, one of the GOP's most popular voices, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, blasted his party's "toxic internal politics" after House Republicans initially declined to approve disaster relief for victims of Superstorm Sandy. He said it was "disgusting to watch" their actions and he faulted the GOP's most powerful elected official, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

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[santamargarita]

1. When those assholes are pissed off, I'm happy.

[Flashmann]

2. When those assholes are pissed off, I'm happy.

Yes......Much more often than not,pissed off assholes,(read RWs),are a strong indicator of something good or right happening......

[Sunlei]

3. todays Rs are like angry hamsters who eat their young, it's horrifying /snicker

[chillfactor]

4. I could not have said it better myself....

quite a mental picture....

[Filibuster Harry]

5. Great to see the implosion, the infighting.