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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (9682)	10/6/2011 10:07:24 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23934

I'd never do that. The worst I'd do is decide I couldn't support either candidate and then just not vote at all. My opinion is this - The Tea party members wont/don't play well with independent voters. We'll find out if my opinion is valid soon enough but in the meantime I'm concerned that they're hurting/dividing the Republican party. We can ill afford to have a breakaway faction polarizing things more than they already are. These people are like the Republican version of the Dixiecrats and I'm afraid it could cost us the election if they don't tone things down. As it stands, Obama is in as vulnerable a position as Carter was. Unless something drastic happens it should be a sure bet that he gets voted out. My worry is that the "drastic" thing that happens could be an inadvertent, self inflicted wound causing a backlash against the Tea Party folks. They need to be aware of that and tone down their rhetoric or it could cost us dearly. For years I've watched politicians divide and sub divide the voters on things like money, class, gender race etc etc. and to an extent it's worked in their favor. What hasn't worked in recent memory is division within parties. We need to mainstream things, solidify a united Republican base and win the independent vote by having a vision and showing unity. Addition through division will not work for the Republicans in 2012 imo