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actually, dunedan, the problem is simpler still. to revert to russian revolution-speak, the tea party has the problem that dogged out the mensheviks--lack of formal structure. there are up and down sides to this. in this particular situation, the tea party is dealing with a down side. for other purposes, the same features are likely a plus--like mobilizing across a spectrum of right political positions.
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I'd never considered their position in that light, but you have a very significant point. And given the neo-Trotskyist positions of some with the GOP, one has to wonder whether this will force the Tea Party in a more centralised Trotsky-ite direction (this is where Mrs. Palin legitimately worries me), with all its' attendant vulnerabilities, or will they find a way to effectively move within their sphere while retaining their essentially leaderless and therefore inclusive and flexible structure?
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. The first, and most obvious, is that "large numbers" is rather specious. If you mean to say "in large percentage", e.g. a large percentage of self-identifying Tea Partiers are themselves minorities, you're simply factually incorrect.
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If I'd meant percentage, I'd have used the word "percentage." I meant numbers, total, aggregate. As a consequence I used the word "numbers."