by Colleen O’Connor
To hear an interview with Colleen O’Connor, download episode 19 of the Solid Principles Podcast
‘T’ is for Tea Party
The fuse was lit in Virginia.
It moved along in New Jersey.
And it caught fire in Massachusetts.
The “Teabag Revolution” has put every politician on notice.
Some political and electoral dynamite may be coming your way.
Winning three governorships for the GOP in formerly Democratic states, is impressive.
Disparaged as an “astro turf”– not a grass roots revolution — the Teabaggers (no offense intended) have pinned the tail on the Democratic donkey, but aren’t exactly happy with the Republican elephant, either.
Republicans heard several warnings at their annual retreat last week;
- that the GOP must now “present a positive agenda;
- needs to take time to meet with Tea Party activists, listen to them and “walk among them;”
- and pay attention to the public’s anger. As one attendee cautioned, according to the voters, “even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.”
Driven by rage, the tea partiers take orders from no one, wait for their wave to surge, and then surf it to the shores of victory. Sometimes they use great stealth, as in the Massachusetts Senate race.
Meanwhile, the ruling class is sunning itself on the sand piles of near bankrupt coffers, bankrupt ideas, and bankrupt speeches.
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