Theda Skocpol thinks they will be around for a long time:
Now, will they still be around? You can bet that those elite funders will still be around. They’re not going anywhere. The activists are committed, organized, fiercely aroused people, but they are older. And they’re not recruiting others, so they’re not going to last forever.
But they’re not standing down anytime soon.
Others point out that the GOP Establishment is pushing back hard and that means that the Baggers have lost some influence:
In Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primaries in Texas, the movement mostly settled for having an impact on key races rather than actually winning them. That may become a pattern in other states as primaries continue into the fall, many national GOP strategists believe.
To me, the Baggers seem to have declined from a serious political movement to just fodder for conservative talk radio.
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Ken Hoop says:
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March 10, 2014 at 7:40 pm
http://openrevolt.info/2014/03/08/alexander-dugin-letter-to-the-american-people-on-ukraine/
Rand Paul is a soft imperialist or imperialist-lite, take your pick.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/ukraine-and-the-futility-of-sanctions-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-4589729
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http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/ukraine-and-the-futility-of-sanctions-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-4589729
Ken Hoop says:
March 10, 2014 at 7:40 pm
http://openrevolt.info/2014/03/08/alexander-dugin-letter-to-the-american-people-on-ukraine/
Rand Paul is a soft imperialist or imperialist-lite, take your pick.
Andrew says:
March 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm
@Tatiana
Putin is ready for compromise
I really doubt that. In fact, I have all reasons to believe that this is not true at all. As for Rand Paul, well, too bad, necessities of the election cycle and power aspirations are way more important than any principles.
Sean Scallon says:
March 12, 2014 at 11:59 am
This statement by Sen. Paul is so blatantly political it’s just ridiculous. And not only that, it’s also a sign of weakness. Instead of stating we have no dog in this fight, we should be in the middle of negotiating a solution to avoid bloodshed as an honest broker and criticizing the Obama Administration for the encouragement of demonstrations which brought about mob rule in Kiev and precipitated Russia’s intervention in the Crimea. Instead Rand is saying whatever other Republican is saying. Why? Didn’t he just win CPAC with 31 percent of the vote? Why is he so afraid of what supposedly are his views, that of his father and his would be supporters? Hmm? Does that victory not mean anything then, just another straw poll win?
Non-interventionists are looking for a standard to follow, not the uncertain trumpet. If one says it’s all political, they can go ahead and do so. But what that means is the Paul Movement has not succeeded in changing minds among Republican rank n’filers about foreign policy. Because if the movement had done so, then Rand would not need to call sanctions against Russia just make it look like he was “tough” on Russia.
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