Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20131017 20:29

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper October 17, 2013 20:29:00

first, i don't think people should put a taliban label on any elected representative or public servant. that's over the line in terms of rhetoric and what that implies. two, the business community is more pragmatic than the tea party in terms of their politics and desired outcomes. but the idea that they are going to come in and take out tea party members is probably misunderstood. the tea party members for the most part are in districts or states that lean pretty substantially in their direction and the idea that they're mostly politically vulnerable is probably not going to materialize. there will be some groups that will try that but i suggest to you it won't be successful. lastly, as to the tea party, keep in mind it's one slice of a broader coalition. they overplayed their hand here. one of the adages you have to keep in mind is when you negotiate the person with the leverage wins. they didn't have the leverage here. but there's an analog in the democratic party to the tea party, when you look at groups like occupy, groups that want to recklessly defund the department of defense. they don't represent the whole democratic party and the tea party represents only one slice

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