From The Los Angeles Times: "Wednesday, the political direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie gathered a
group of disenchanted conservatives for a news conference in
Washington. Calling Romney's loss 'the death rattle' of the GOP,
Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, said, 'The battle to take over
the Republican Party begins today.' He called upon the Republican leadership to resign for its part in
the 'epic election failure of 2012.' That includes Republican National
Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who has not announced whether he will run for the post again, House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky."
The article continues: "But he didn't stop there. 'In any logical universe,' Viguerie said, 'establishment Republican consultants such as Karl Rove,
Ed Gillespie and Romney campaign senior advisors Stuart Stevens and
Neil Newhouse would never be hired to run or consult on a national
campaign again and no one would give a dime to their ineffective 'super
PACs.'"
More about Tea Party activists' discontent with the GOP: "At Viguerie's news conference, Jenny Beth Martin, national
coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, one of the country's largest tea
party groups, said conservatives had wanted a candidate like President
Reagan. 'What we got was a weak moderate candidate handpicked by the
Beltway elites and country-club establishment wing of the Republican
Party. The presidential loss is unequivocally on them,' she said."
Tea Party Activists Blame Losses On Republican Establishment
