Predictable CNN Suggests Tea Party Could Destroy GOP

Jeffrey Meyer | December 7, 2014
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Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Sunday’s CNN Inside Politics, an entire panel of journalists spent several minutes hyping the supposed headache Tea Partiers could give GOP leadership despite the Republican Party winning their 54th Senate seat following Saturday’s runoff in Louisiana. During the discussion, Robert Costa of The Washington Post insisted that Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wanting “to govern responsibly and he wants to set the party up for major gains in '16. And that started in 2014 by pushing back the Tea Party and it starts now by making sure that all the passions and eagerness in the House don't overtake the party.”