GOP Empire's Plan to Crush Tea Party Rebels - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

GOP Empire's Plan to Crush Tea Party Rebels - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

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Elspeth Reeve Oct 12, 2011

The Republican establishment is no longer terrified of the Tea Party, The New York Times' Matt Bai reports. It's now figured out how to absorb them like a slow-moving but powerful star that's swelling into a red giant. How to take these political hooligans over? There are a couple steps.
Step 1: The first rule of the establishment is: Do not admit you are part of the establishment! Bai talked to Fred Malek, a longtime Republican fundraiser who now raises money for the Republican Governors Association. He has photos of himself with various presidents on his wall.




Step 4: Teach them about compromise. Vin Weber, who was elected to Congress in 1980, was "part of a group of rebellious young conservatives who rose up against their affable minority leader, Bob Michel," Bai explains. Weber was "the Bachmann of his day," Bai says, and Weber tepidly agrees. But he's trying to teach them what he learned about Washington since he first arrived 30 years ago.