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On Principles & Values: Tea Party & libertarians bring "creative tension" to GOP

In his CPAC speech, Ryan celebrates the "messy and noisy" debate currently consuming the Republican Party, and cast the infighting as a necessary step to shape a fresh conservative agenda for the country: "The way the Left tells it, the Republican Party is in a civil war," Ryan says. "It's Tea Party versus establishment--libertarians versus social conservatives."

He compares today's intra-party squabbling to the beginning of the Reagan revolution, when a "battle of ideas" gave way to a long period of conservative dominance in American politics: "We're figuring out the best way to apply our principles to the challenges of the day," Ryan says. "Sure, we have our disagreements. And yes, they can get a little passionate. I like to think of it as 'creative tension.' That's how it always is: You fight it out. You figure out what works. You come together. Then you win. It's messy and noisy and even a little bit uncomfortable. But the center of gravity is shifting. We're developing an agenda."

Source: Buzzfeed weblog on 2014 CPAC convention Mar 6, 2014

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