Barry Goldwater Jr.: GOP Establishment Should 'Shut Up' Over O'Donnell
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 08:18 PM


By: David A. Patten


Former California Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. says establishment Republicans who are bitter over the stunning success of tea party conservatives this primary season "ought to keep their mouth shut and just take a look at what's going on in this country."

In an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview Goldwater, the son of the Republican icon whose presidential campaign in 1964 revitalized the American conservative movement, said the Republican Party is now undergoing a full-fledged realignment.



"No more of this middle of the road, no more of these moderates. The American people, and in the Republican Party, want to be redefined as solid conservative," he said.



Goldwater said tea party activists are actually fighting for many of the same principles his father stood for: smaller government and lower taxes.


"Reminds me a lot of the conservative movement in 1960 and 1964,â€