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jrtomAs a political movement, the Tea Party has come a long way in a relatively short time. They've already got one prominent supporter on the national ballot for November 2010 (Rand Paul), and there are probably others that I'm unaware of.
I'm starting to wonder whether it may have peaked too soon, though:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/not-all-tea-partiers-support-sharron-angle/57793/
It seems to me that established parties can afford to have public schisms; I'm not sure that insurgent movements can.
(For those who may have come in late: I am not a TP supporter.)
I'm starting to wonder whether it may have peaked too soon, though:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/not-all-tea-partiers-support-sharron-angle/57793/
It seems to me that established parties can afford to have public schisms; I'm not sure that insurgent movements can.
(For those who may have come in late: I am not a TP supporter.)