Fear of the Tea Party is Palpable
You know the Tea Party is a political game-changer when the New York Times runs an Op-Ed by pointy-headed Ivy-League political scientists saying the country disapproves of the small-government grassroots movement.
“Given how much sway the Tea Party has among Republicans in Congress and those seeking the Republican presidential nomination, one might think the Tea Party is redefining mainstream American politics.
The Democrats and their establishment GOP handmaidens did not know the extent of Tea Party power until they attempted to raise the nation’s debt ceiling as quietly as they had in years past. That didn’t happen. Thanks to the Tea Party, spending and debt took center stage, with the usual sleepy Americans horrified at the tortured bipartisan compromise that raised the debt by $2 trillion while leaving the crafting of meaningless budget cuts to a legislative commission.“Given how much sway the Tea Party has among Republicans in Congress and those seeking the Republican presidential nomination, one might think the Tea Party is redefining mainstream American politics.
The Campbell-Putman New York Times Op-Ed is an inept bit of Progressive propaganda. It’s doubtful their 3,000 person sampling is representative of the country at large. But their column, in my opinion, is meant to appeal to one specific constituency – the tired, timid and idea less compromisers leading today’s GOP. Progressives are desperate and hope the Republican Party’s usual suspects will rein-in their boisterous Tea Party members before they successfully upend Washington’s bankrupt Progressive Rube Goldberg machinery.
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