Tea-Party Movement Gathers Strength

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The tea-party movement has emerged as a potent force in American politics and the center of gravity within the GOP, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds. Jerry Seib discusses. Also, with higher car fuel-efficiency standards coming soon, Joe White discusses why we all might be driving Fiestas.

In the survey, 71% of Republicans described themselves as tea-party supporters, saying they had a favorable image of the movement or hoped tea- party candidates would do well in the Nov. 2 elections.

Already, the tea-party movement has helped to oust a number of incumbents and candidates backed by party leaders in this year's GOP primaries amid complaints that they lacked commitment to small-government principles. The poll findings suggest that the rising influence of the movement, with its push to cut spending and oppose the Democratic agenda, will drive the GOP to become more conservative and less willing to seek common ground on policy.

The poll found that tea-party supporters make up one-third of the voters most likely to cast ballots in November's midterm elections. This showed the movement "isn't a small little segment, but it is a huge part of what's driving 2010," Mr. Hart said.

Still, Republicans retain major advantages, including a fired-up base. Two-thirds of GOP voters say they are intensely interested in the election, compared with about half of Democrats, suggesting that Republican voters are more likely to turn out at the polls.

The tea party is a major driver of the so-called enthusiasm gap, with three-quarters of supporters saying they are intensely interested in the election.

Tea-Party Movement Gains Force - WSJ.com

Which means, expect, after the election to have Democrats start bleating about "bi-partisanship" and "minority rights" when they sure as hell didn't cry about that, when they were in the majority.

It also means, despite all the fears and smears that Democrats tried to heap on the Tea Party, IT DIDN'T WORK!

Instead of being intimidated as Rinos would, they became stronger and more determined to oppose people that would engage in such cheap tactics of intimidation.

November is coming liberals!

On November 2, I predict A TEA PARTY liberals will NEVER FORGET. But they will sure try.