Blog post 2.3 "Conflict within a party"

Read the following article from The Atlantic about the uneasy relationship between the Tea Party and the Republican Party.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/the-conservative-war-on-the-gop/280637/

Write a paragraph summary of the article and answer the following questions.

1. Why are conservative opinion leaders upset with the Republican Party?
2. Why are the conservative voters upset with the Republican Party?
3. What does Glen Beck want people to do instead of give money to the Republican Party?  Why would he want them to stop giving to the party that is his best option??
4. How would you describe the current public opinion of the Republican Party?
5. What would happen to the Republican Party if the Tea Party split off of it?
6. What does Gillespe say the effect of the Tea Party running as a third party would be??
7. What does Tim Pawlenty say is to blame for minority voices being so loud in the parties?
8. What do you think the future of the Republican Party will be?