Want to kill the Tea Party? Vote in primaries

The key to restoring sanity to the Republican Party lies in turning out all Republican voters during primary season

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A house divided cannot stand. And these days, the Tea Party is dividing — no, holding hostage — the Republican Party in ways that ensure Democrats will continue to hold the majority of political power in the United States well into the future.

This must stop. And that begins by imposing party discipline on those who feel that their own personal political agenda is more important than the broader conservative platform that a united GOP might actually be able to further.

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Jeb Golinkin is an attorney from Houston, Texas. You can follow him on twitter @jgolinkin.