kiwiman127
Comfortably Moderate
The first thing we have to do is determine whether the debt ceiling is a problem. That's pretty easy. It's more than a problem, it's a crisis. Next thing we have to do is determine if the Obama administration and the lock step mind numbed robots in the democrat party ever addressed the crisis while they had total majority in both houses of congress for four years and a democrat liberal in the white house for two of the four years. The easy answer is ...no. Blue state and red state Americans should be grateful to the Tea Party for forcing politicians to address the problem. There was no chance that the Tea Party could influence the glassy-eyed neo-socialists in the democrat party so they supported republicans and now the president admits that the debt is a problem and democrat leaders are prodding their membership to do something. Hooray Tea Party. The US would have gone down the tubes under democrat neo-socialists and cowardly republicans.
One gentle correction here, though by implication you said it, the Tea Party did not support Republicans. They have supported people who embrace Tea Party concepts. Almost all of those, however, have been Republicans because most Democrats, even those who agreed with Tea Party concepts, could not afford the political fallout by being connected to a Tea Party endorsement. Those who had the cajones to do that, though have almost all been elected.
But will the Tea Party be the force it is today,,tomorrow?
"The “tea party” movement, born out frustration with Democrats and Republicans, is viewed unfavorably by roughly half of Americans, putting the conservative protest group in the same political boat as its older, more established rivals, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Wednesday.
According to the survey, 47% of those surveyed said they had an unfavorable view of the tea party, a collection of different groups that are loosely united in their view of opposing big government, taxes and spending. The number of those who see the tea party in a negative light has increased 21 points since January 2010, when the group was becoming a significant force in fielding conservative candidates in GOP races around the country."
Tea Party Poll | CNN/Opinion Research poll: Many view tea party unfavorably, poll says - Los Angeles Times
The rise in negative views of the Tea Party has occurred largely among political independents and Democrats," reads a Pew analysis of the results. "Last March, more independents agreed than disagreed with the Tea Party by a 26% to 14% margin. Today, as many independents disagree as agree with the Tea Party (27% each); the percentage disagreeing with the Tea Party has risen 13 points."Tea Party takes hit among independents - The Hill's Ballot Box
I think the Tea Party is like a new toy, when they are shiny and attractive at first but when the newness is gone, so does the attraction.