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How the Tea Party wins even if it loses

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On Thursday 17 March, the Senate approved the House-passed continuing resolution that funds the federal government until 8 April. This is the sixth short-term continuing resolution (CR) since the end of September 2010, with no end in sight as Democrats and Republicans blame each other for the continuing budget impasse. "We look like idiots to the American people," says Allen West (Republican, Florida), one of the 54 Tea Party-backed House Republicans who voted against the bill, defying the House speaker John Boehner (Republican, Ohio).

This rebellion is backed by Newt Gingrich, former Republican majority leader, who in a recent Washington Post editorial, urged the GOP "to stick to its principles". Gingrich is a bad omen for most Republicans, including Tea Party leaders. In the winter of 1995 and 1996, thanks to a standoff between Gingrich and President Bill Clinton over budgetary issues, the federal government shut down twice. Those shutdowns persisted for 26 days in total, a record in the history of the federal government. Much to their dismay, Republicans ended up being blamed by the public, and Clinton received a major reelection boost. Understandably, the Republican leadership is traumatised by this memory.

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