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In reply to the discussion: Don't like what is happening from the 2010 Teabag wave? [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)home after the 2008 elections because they were caught off guard what the Republicans were up to. With the help of the media, the republicans never accepted the 2008 elections. The media portrayed the Tea party as a group across all demographics, but if you look behind them, they were mostly white republicans, that were upset with the Election. They kept energized and wealthy organiztions and financiers like the Koch brothers were really behind them secretly. That is why they had the resources to stay energized. Only President Obama had those kind of resources but his campaign of 2008, didn't really campaign for the rest of the Democratic Party. President Obama needs to support his Party's candidates. He went in office during 2009, thinking that he could talk to Republicans. Remember, Obama didn't spend that long in the Senate, so he really didn't know the kind of people he was dealing with in the Republican Party. I think he was suprised at how extreme the other side was.