Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) doesn’t want you to focus on the debt debate. He wants you to focus on the players in the debate.

“The debate and fight is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between some Republicans and their sort of cult fringe as I refer to them out there”

Senator Larkin thinks small government people are a “cult fringe”. That fringe just won a historic election in 2010 wiping out much of the advantage held by Democrats. The Democrats lost their super majority in the Senate and lost control of the House of Representatives. This could hardly be accomplished by a fringe element.

Maybe he is not speaking of small government proponents, but is referring to Tea Partiers as a cult fringe.

18% of Americans refer to themselves as Tea Partiers. That’s not a majority, but it is more than the 11% of workers who belong to a union.

A cult? The tea party does not demand money from their followers. They don’t get so emotional as to induce violence. Tea Partiers are bound by common policies ideas. Union members told what to think of policies ideas. If you want to see a cult, stop by the next teachers union rally.

So, yes…the Republicans are swayed by the Tea Party, but not nearly to the extent that Democrats are swayed by their cult fringe…the unions.

 

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