Suddenly, the Tea Party seems to be losing steam
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Hey, remember the Tea Party?
Yes, the Tea Party, the movement that upended the 2010 congressional elections and was supposed to transform American politics.
In recent days, some voices that have defined the movement over the past two years - former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, erstwhile 2012 candidate Herman Cain, Nevada Republican Sharron Angle and real estate mogul/self-promoter Donald Trump - offered their endorsements in the GOP presidential race.
And the political world yawned in unison.
Cain officially endorsed former House speaker Newt Gingrich before last Tuesday's Florida primary, while Palin said she would vote for Gingrich if she were a Floridian. The payoff: Newt lost the state by double digits.
Then, on Thursday, Trump endorsed Mitt Romney in the run-up to Saturday's Nevada caucuses. "Mitt is tough, he's sharp, he's smart," Trump declared.
Just one problem: Polling shows that the Donald's support probably hurts Romney more than it helps him, and the endorsement was more sideshow than show-stopper.
Perhaps most revealing of all was Angle, who just two years ago defined the Tea Party's 2010 efforts by winning a crowded GOP primary and facing off against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. On Thursday, she endorsed Rick Santorum with all the force of a church mouse, as the nominal leader of a Nevada Tea Party that has fallen apart.
The Tea Party has tried to brew some strong influence over the GOP race.
Instead, it wound up with chamomile.
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It appears that different special interest groups within the GOP are causing an identity crisis. Lately we are seeing the Religious Right pushing their agenda, the Tea Party fighting for theirs and the Moderates trying to keep the whole thing on track. In the end it creates doubts about the stability of the party. At home, there are contradictions of internal GOP priorities occurring everywhere in the NH Legislature.
Today I even read a conservative post that claimed Romney was part of the “liberal wing” of the Republican Party. Now there is a concept!
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The Republicans run on more tax cuts for billionaires charged to babies who can't vote (taxation without representation). Every baby born, back when family values geniuses Reagan, Bush, and the Republicans pushed through their class warfare tax cuts for the wealthy, now owes $46,000 toward the US debt. Family values - the Tax Evader Alliance Party Republican way.
Off topic I guess, but here's how a dog can run with a deer: http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/
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