Harry Reid in The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

On Principles & Values: Tea Party will disappear as soon as the economy gets better

Where is the Tea Party headed? The question was posed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, when he appeared on the NBC program "Meet the Press" on January 9, 2011. Just a couple of months earlier, Reid had surmounted a well-funded and nationally touted challenge by GOP senate candidate Sharron Angle. "She was Tea Party backed, a Tea Party candidate," observed the NBC host David Gregory. "Do she and others, as part of this Tea Party, represent a lasting force in American politics?" Reid was characteristically blunt in response. "The Tea Party will disappear as soon as the economy gets better," he declared. "And the economy's getting better all the time." Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.189 Jan 2, 2012

The above quotations are from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams. Click here for other excerpts from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams. Click here for other excerpts by Harry Reid. Click here for a profile of Harry Reid.
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