More 2012: Pay not to play?

FLORIDA: “The Florida Republican Party is likely to include all of the top GOP presidential contenders on its Sept. 24 straw poll ballot, regardless of whether they have agreed to participate in the contest, party spokesman Brian Hughes said Tuesday,” Roll Call writes.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: “New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Jack Kimball said today that the Republican Governors Association agreed to donate money to the state GOP – if Kimball resigns his seat,” the Boston Globe writes. “The association denied the charge. The conservative blog GraniteGrok first reported that the RGA agreed to donate $100,000 to the New Hampshire Republican Party to help with state races, if Kimball resigns.”

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This sentence from the Boston Globe is priceless: Allegations of skullduggery have begun to surface.

It appears Kimball is yet Tea Partier lacking in managerial and people-skills. (Like our own nutjobber, Gov. Paul LePage.)

http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/08/gop-chairman-under-fire/jO5HO6mxDWCqzeA03AtL5O/index.html

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Reply#1 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:44 AM EDT

And the dismantling of the Tea Party has begun. Too bad it didn't happen a year ago.

Now we are stuck with the clowns in the House for another year and a half and in the Senate for FIVE AND ONE-HALF MORE YEARS. Good job Republicans. You really vetted your candidates..... NOT.

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Reply#2 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:11 AM EDT

The three least popular governors in America are all Teapublicans; The Tea Party gained power in 2010 and their policies are already proving disasterous (note: debt ceiling debacle). And it looks like the Tea Party is driving the Republican presidential primary. Who needs to attack Republicans when the party destroys itself? Just don't let the Tea Partiers destroy our country.

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#2.1 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:47 AM EDT
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Amy: too late, and another year and a half to go til we can get rid of them and start over.

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Reply#3 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:27 AM EDT

God, I hope so.

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#3.1 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:27 PM EDT

When will the Democrats in the congress and senate realize their path to reelection is to stand up to the tea party.

    #3.2 - Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:45 PM EDT
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