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Stake-out the most extreme tack techal place possible. he will establish that as the test of loyalty to the conservative tribe. thats where the shutdown came from. every republican says it will kill jobs. it will wreck the economy, it will ruin freedom. well, what cuz did, though, to create a purity test for that consensus, republicans, he said, if you hate obama care as much as you said you do, why dont you joan me in shutting down the government to save america from it. in this era of tea part...

When he had to be while trying to stick to his principles. so he signed a tax increase when he had to. he increased government spending. >> most of the government spending came as a result of defense increases not on the social side. >> to get to this argument a little bit, this purity test, do you think its gone too far? that reagan would think the purity tests have gone too far? >> no. reagan was the original tea party candidate. you look at his speeches. 60s and 70s, it was always about anti-...

Were the most overtaxed state in america by all calculations. and so i know theres not an appetite in my state for increased taxes because people think government spends too much in our state. >> you hear a lot of national republicans and tea party republicans like senator demint, he said, look, theres got to be a balanced budget amendment if were going to ultimately raise the debt ceiling, which is what is at issue in the debt talks so america doesnt default and cant pay ilgts its bills any lon...

Back. is the tea party going too far? is there too much of a purity test here? >> i dont think there should be purity tests on people. i think you have to make commonsense judgments on things. as i said before, we have to stand by our principles. i do think that the republican party here in washington said they want some significant commitment to long-term deficit and debt reduction. from a common sense economic perspective, david, we have to have that. so lets get to the table and decide how to...

Why, because republican change positions when the new position dictates it. on the right, the process that has dragged the political center to the point where dwight eisenhower would be denounced as a socialist now, ronald reagan wouldnt even pass a purity test, that process is still very much intact. on the right, things are working sort of the way they always have, if not faster. but heading into last nights state of the union address, the question was would president obama continue to change ...

Dictates it. on the right, the process that has dragged the political center to the point where dwight eisenhower would be denounced as a socialist now, ronald reagan wouldnt even pass a purity test, that process is still very much in tact. on the right, things are working sort of the way they always have, if not faster. but heading into last nights state of the union address, the question was would president obama continue to change republicans to the right? there are two ways to approach this,...

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Proud of the fact that we have an ideologically diverse caucus. we have a whole range of >> but theyre talking about the speaker. >> no, what theyre doing is theyre talking about independents on certain issues. issues where they stood with the speaker and the president, and the issues where they opposed the speaker and the president. thats their job. as opposed to on the other side where you have this ideological purity test, and its being moved even further to the right by the tea party candida...

So that is part of what we are dealing with here, and it is beyond delaware. >> fair point, erick erickson that there are some on the right who want to adopt a purity test in the party? >> no, it is nonsense, and that is what people like mike castle say. he is not a moderate, but a liberal. he sat on the sidelines in february instead of opposing. conservatives dont want mike castle, and this is a race about moving the senate to the right and not into the republican hands. >> james carville, as y...

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