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DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Reacts to Ouster of Florida GOP Chair by Right-Wing Tea Party
January 6, 2010DNC Chairman Tim Kaine released the following statement in response to the ouster of Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer: "Today's right-wing led coup of Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer is a telling and unsettling sign about the extreme direction of the Republican Party -- a direction that is narrowing the Party ideologically, demographically and, ultimately, electorally. "We're not even a full week into 2010 and the extreme right wing of the Republican Party has claimed another trophy for its wall -- adding Greer to Senator Specter and Dede Scozzafava in its quest to purify the Republican Party, eliminate moderate voices and enact an extreme right-wing agenda. "By deposing the top party official in a state that is virtually unmatched in electoral importance, and that has perhaps the most contested GOP Senate primary race of 2010, the tea party movement has landed a powerful blow squarely on the chin of the Republican Party. "As we saw in 2009, the right-wing's unrelenting drive towards a smaller, narrower Republican Party cost the GOP dearly -- most notably it cost Republicans millions of dollars and a seat in Congress when the extreme right wing forced moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava from the race in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Full release.