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Will They Remember in November?
The Tea Party movement vows to get results on Election Day.
Brianna Aubin stood in the front row of the rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol, holding aloft a sign hand-lettered in green: “Because my life is mine by right and will not be used to maintain a world that doesn’t know it.”
That slogan was paraphrased from a monologue spoken by Francisco d’Anconia in Ayn Rand’s classic libertarian novel Atlas Shrugged. “I read it in high school, but it wasn’t until the past year that I realized how accurate it was,” said Aubin, a 25-year-old who had traveled from Illinois to D.C. for the event.
Aubin was among the thousands who turned out for the second “9-12 Taxpayer March on Washington” organized by FreedomWorks. Liberal bloggers gloated that the attendance for Sunday’s event was significantly smaller than the previous year, but this year’s march came only two weeks after a crowd estimated at upwards of 300,000 showed up for Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” event at the Lincoln Memorial. While observers debated Sunday’s crowd size, Massachusetts blogger Pete Ingemi offered a more concrete analysis: “Today was tens of thousands and Beck had hundreds of thousands, but the only numbers that really matter are the numbers on November 2.”
Indeed, with seven weeks to go until the crucial mid-term congressional elections, conservatives have turned their attention to the project of transforming protest-rally activism into the kind of disciplined mobilization that produces tangible political results. Time is short and the task is large, and the challenge for Republicans is to find some way to harness this grassroots energy.
A year ago, the Tea Party movement was a new phenomenon, inspirational to its members and mystifying to the political press. That was before last November, when the GOP swept off-year gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and before the January shocker in which Republican Scott Brown won the Massachusetts special election for the Senate seat held for decades by Ted Kennedy. Since Brown’s upset victory, the Tea Party has garnered such saturation coverage by the national media that nearly every political development is now viewed through a prism of how it affects, or has been affected by, this movement that sprang into existence scarcely 18 months ago.
Tea Party activism has been credited with having a decisive influence in several GOP primaries — most recently Joe Miller’s stunning upset of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski — but many political observers remain unconvinced that the movement will pass the make-or-break test of defeating Democrats on Nov. 2.
Republicans hope that this year’s mid-terms will mirror 1994, when a backlash against President Clinton helped the GOP gain its first House majority in 40 years. The situation this year is much different than in 1994, when Newt Gingrich and the “Contract With America” led Republicans to a net gain of 54 seats in the House and eight in the Senate. A similar pickup in November would give the GOP a slender 231-204 majority in the House and put Republicans very close to a Senate majority, and some conservatives expect even larger gains.
More cautious voices, however, warn against expecting 2010 to be a repeat of 1994. Chief among the differences is that this year, the Democrats are braced for the blow. The New York Times reported last week that Demoratic leaders were instituting a program of electoral “triage” to concentrate resources strategically with the objective of maintaining Nancy Pelosi’s House majority. And as a top House Republican aide told Byron York last week, even for the GOP to gain the minimum 39 seats necessary to recapture the House majority “is a very steep hill to climb.”
Steep as that hill may be, the Obama administration’s unpopular policies have made it easier to climb. Hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus spending haven’t reduced unemployment rates, and the public has seemingly grown weary of Obama’s “blame Bush” rhetoric. Even the best defensive measures by Democrats could prove insufficient to stop an incoming tidal wave of voter resentment. Various poll indicators — including the “wrong track” number and a GOP advantage on the so-called “generic ballot” question — give credence to the belief that voters are in a mood expressed by one homemade sign spotted at Sunday’s rally: “Take Out the Trash Nov. 2!”
That kind of grassroots resentment still frightens some Republicans, including Delaware Rep. Mike Castle. According to one recent poll, the establishment-backed moderate is trailing Tea Party conservative Christine O’Donnell by a 47-44 margin going into Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary. An unexpected upset by O’Donnell would elicit groans from Republican leadership — who consider Castle a far better candidate for the general election — but it might be a far more ominous portent for Democrats. After all, if grassroots conservatives are energized enough to knock off a well-funded candidate like Castle in the Delaware primary, what unimaginable havoc might they wreak on Nov. 2?
Fifty days remain from now until Election Day, when results will not be measured by poster slogans and crowd estimates — 50 days for the Tea Party movement to live up to the motto of Sunday’s rally: “Remember in November.”
About the Author
Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.
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Darin| 9.13.10 @ 6:58AM
I see one or both of the following happening:
- The Republican party snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.
- The American people demonstrate their clueless nature by continuing to vote incompetent (and dangerous) people into power.
vtwin| 9.13.10 @ 7:16AM
Hopefully the American people remember that it was the economic and foreign policies of Bush and the Republican Party that lead to the mess ( financial meltdown, growing national debt, failed wars…) our nation is in today.
Bill| 9.13.10 @ 7:25AM
vtwin, that is garbage and you either don't know the history of the melt down or refuse to acknowledge it. Chris Dodd, Barney Frank along with others created the mess that actually got started with Jimmy and pushed along by Clinton. Not to mention the dems were in control of the spending for the last years of Bushes administration. The history of progressive and liberal and trash economics belongs to the dems. .. with the exception of John Kennedy.
Booger| 9.13.10 @ 9:09AM
Dear Bill,
I think it would be germane to point out to vtwin re: failed Bush spending policies: That's why Murkowski, Bennet, Crist, Castle, et. al. are all looking for new jobs soon.
Cordially,
Booger
carnot| 9.13.10 @ 5:53PM
after all...noble souls like vtwit would have held WH "teachable moment" sessions after 9/11.
chuck| 9.13.10 @ 7:28AM
vtwin,
i just figured out who you are, you're The One's Teleprompter(TOTUS).
"IT'S BUSH'S FAULT, IT'S BUSH'S FAULT"
Albert| 9.13.10 @ 11:27AM
If Mr. Twin is indeed President Bozo's teleprompter, it would explain Mr. Bozo's affinity for the word "uh..."
Shamus| 9.13.10 @ 7:36AM
Democrats voted to send troops to Iraq. Obama has followed essentially the same foreign policy as Bush did. We have troop in Iraq, troops in Afghanistan, and prisoners in Guantanamo. I can't see how Democrats can escape their role in supporting the foreign policy you disdain.
And the cause of the financial meltdown was the bad loans promoted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which had its genesis during the Clinton years. Wall Street poured gasoline on the fire by securitizing bad loans while the Fed fueled the blaze with absurdly low interest rates.
Both parties contributed to the disaster that we suffered in 2008. It's partisan fantasy to claim otherwise.
Margie| 9.13.10 @ 9:00PM
"Partisan fantasy." That's a new one. I can just hear the Dems saying that against the Republicans now.
"Ms. Speaker, the Republicans are engaging in partisan fantasy. They refuse to budge on the issue of tax cuts. They in their partisan fantasy world think that in this dire condition the country is in that we can continue to go on this way.. without increasing taxes.. on the rich!"
OCCAM'S TOOL| 9.13.10 @ 9:26PM
Margie, you are my heroine. As Lincoln told Sheridan, let the THING be pressed!
Margie| 9.14.10 @ 9:35PM
My word OT~ you humble me. Thanks! Not to mention you made my evening after my horrible battle with the likes of Timmy*.
JP| 9.13.10 @ 7:54AM
I will grant you that the GOP was an accomplice. But, in case you have forgotten, it is Congress that sets tax and budget policies -not the President. And from Jan 2007 onward Pelosi and Reid ran Congress. The GOP ran Congress from Jan 2003 to Jan 2007. The defecits began to spiral totally out of control in July 2008 with the 1st Bush stimulus (passed by Reid and Pelosi), and continued to spiral out of controll and accelerate from Dec 2008 to present. The largest increases occured since Jan 2009, and those increases totaled more than what Congress spent from Jan 2003 to Jan 2009. That is, Obama spent in just 18 months what Bush spent in almost 8 years.
And it was Pelosi and Reid who allowed the market meltdown to go viral. They had the ability to end the Mark to Market accounting rules in March of 2008 and again in September of 2008 (when there was still time to salvage all of those bad mortgages Fannie and Freddie underwrote). They waited until March of 2009 (after Obama was safely elected). In the meantime, the Mark to Market rule cost the US some $3 trillion in losses.
Get your facts straight.
vtwin| 9.13.10 @ 9:21AM
The Bush’s tax cuts which increased the national debt from about $5 trillion to over $10 trillion DURING Bush’s term pass the Senate 51 to 50 without a single Democratic vote.
Eric Cartman| 9.13.10 @ 9:26AM
Hey everybody! It's vtwin! Well, lookie there! I used "it's" Hey vtwin, how's that its vs it's thing working out for ya? No too good!
vtwin| 9.13.10 @ 10:38AM
Hi Eric,
What’s that “Glass House Stone” quote?
“Hey everybody! Its us again, The Imagination Movers!” -- Eric Cartman
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/09/09/recession-diary
Eric Cartman| 9.13.10 @ 10:44AM
Ooooooo! vtwin found a typo! Gee vtwin, that's impressive! I'll have to write that down on a 3x5 card and file it under "Usage and Grammar" then put it in a 3x5 box that I will take from my 3x5 box file. Then wipe dust the 3x5 cards and box 3 times and place it back in the upper right hand corner of my 3x5 box file and then wipe and dust my 3x5 box file 4 times and then lock that 3x5 box file carefully in my 3x5 box file safe and then wipe and dust the entire safe and contents 5 times and then lock the 3x5 box file safe. After I will vacuum the rug around the 3x5 box file safe 6 times for good measure. I'm so glad you brought that up.
Occam's Tool| 9.13.10 @ 9:28PM
Uh, Eric, unlike the "real" Cartman you don't hate Israel, do you? 'Cause otherwise you are pretty awesome.
Eric Cartman| 9.14.10 @ 1:09AM
Well, thank you, Occam - nope! Love Israel! Flew with some of their pilots in another life. THAT was great!
scythe| 9.13.10 @ 10:25AM
vtwin, nitwit, what's the difference.
vtwin| 9.13.10 @ 10:41AM
Wow, that was impressive!
Steve A| 9.13.10 @ 11:34AM
Hey V, Don't forget to blame Reagan for messing up all of the great Jimmy Carter momentum. That's one of my favorites.
Alan Brooks| 9.13.10 @ 10:56PM
"Hey V, Don't forget to blame Reagan for messing up all of the great Jimmy Carter momentum. That's one of my favorites."
Now you are cooking with gas-- in retrospect Carter makes Nixon appear like George Washington. And I think the LBJ library ought to be torn down, LBJ was almost as incompetent as he was megalomanical.
Occam's Tool| 9.13.10 @ 9:34PM
Let's lift the tone, shall we, and avoid ad hominem attack, vtwin.
Where Obama fails is in two areas: in foreign policy he apologizes repeatedly, making America look weak and vulnerable. He does not love his country, and therefore cannot react instinctively to defend it.
With regards to tax policy and industrial policy: he believes a command economy is best, and has no concept on what motivates entrepeneurs. He also has no clue that stable tax policy is necessary for business planning because he's never run a business.
So, weakness abroad, insolvency at home. He took what Bush left us and worsened it in every particular, and his foreign policy changes have made us weaker, not stronger, in the face of a new totalitarian threat.
That's the essential Conservative argument, which I agree with. Now, feel free to answer, using logic and reason sans vitriol.
Jeff Lee| 9.13.10 @ 10:49AM
Tax cuts are a good thing. Government spending is the problem.
Margie| 9.13.10 @ 12:48PM
True. But the Leftists liars will say that both just can't be done at once, ie cutting taxes AND gov. spending!
Charles Martel| 9.13.10 @ 6:31PM
Those of you who are economics ignoramuses, like vtwin here, might want to familiarize yourselves with the Laffer Curve. Its lesson is quite simple: lower tax rates encourage economic activity which in turn generates more taxable transactions and which thus increases tax revenue.
The Bush deficits resulted not from the tax cuts but from increased spending, owing to the war and to the complicity of the Republicans in the expansion of the welfare state. And if the tax cuts were so bad, why is everyone, including the Dear Leader, scrambling now to see to it that the inevitable harm resulting from their pending expiry is not allowed to occur?
Of course, I prefer Milton Friedman's spin on Laffer's work: if lower tax rates increase revenue to the government, you haven't lowered rates enough.
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Occam's Tool| 9.13.10 @ 9:36PM
Charles, thanks for holding the line at Tours.
Charles Martel| 9.16.10 @ 2:50PM
Thanks. It's what I do. And it's about time for me and some of the lads to mount up and do it again, don't ya think? Bring your broadsword or a stout axe.
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Lib destroyer| 9.13.10 @ 8:05AM
Vtwin, Once a troll always a troll
Eric Cartman With The Street! | 9.13.10 @ 10:07AM
""Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street"
Today's episode is brought to you by "it's".
Hey Big Bird! Hi Susan. Why so glum, Big Bird? Well, Susan, it's the word "it's", Susan. Tell me about it, Big Bird! Well, Susan, there's this guy out there, vtwin? He's a real douche bag, Susan. See, he can't think too well and, well, he always embarrasses himself. Well, it sounds like there's more to the story, Big Bird. Just tell us what happened. But first lets gather everyone around to hear your story so they can avoid being big douche bags, too! Okay, Susan! C'mon all, gather in a circle so Big Bird can tell you how not to be a big, smelly douche bag! Yea!
Well everyone, there is this guy, vtwin. He had just called the Imagination Movers gay and inferred he would like for them to come over and have violent homosexual sex with him! Boooooooo!
Well, no sooner had he done that, then he tried his hand at teaching English! Yea! No, that was bad, kids, because he screwed it up! Booooo! You see, a person tried to make fun of him and used the wrong "it's" in doing it. A common mistake. But then vtwin thought and thought about it and decided he would correct the person. So what did he do? HE used the wrong "it's" in his example! Isn't that stupid? I mean, if you're going to correct someone, at least make sure you know what you're talking about! Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. No, no, kid. You shouldn't laugh at the mentally challenged.
But then he did something even worse. What, Big Bird?! What did he do?! He hid like a scared little douche bag! Booooooooo! Then he tried to ignore his awful stupidity. Boooooooooo! On top of that, he uses worn out Liberal shibboleths from the 80s! Do you know what a "shibboleth" is, kids? Noooooo! That's okay, neither does douche bag, vtwin! Yea!
So the lesson for the day is, don't be a closet gay, douche bag Liberal who has no imagination further than rough gay sex with the Imagination Movers and can't think clearly beyond blaming Reagan for his crappy life! Okay? Yea! Now go play and stay in school so you don't have to be a giant Floor Sweeper's Union douche bag who doesn't know the difference between "it's" and "its" !
Ghastlyone| 9.13.10 @ 1:02PM
Eric Cartman wins at the internet this morning.
This post is pure gold.
This is the reason I come to Spectator, for the comment sections making Leftists like Vtwin look dumber then they already do.
Thanks for the laugh Eric. It was well needed this Monday morning.
Charles Martel| 9.13.10 @ 6:33PM
In response to one of my Facebook friends making a Lady Gaga reference, I just a few minutes ago listened on youtube to the far preferrable Eric Cartman version of "Poker Face".
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Eric Cartman| 9.14.10 @ 1:07AM
Yes, I was awesome in that one. Thank you!
Eric Cartman| 9.14.10 @ 1:13AM
You're very welcome :-) Thank you for the nice review. vtwin makes it easy.
oof oof| 9.13.10 @ 9:49PM
Eric,
Thanks for the laugh!
oof oof!
Eric Cartman| 9.14.10 @ 1:01AM
Oof oof! Long time, no oof!
Oof oof! :-)
JmsA| 9.13.10 @ 2:06PM
vitwin,
Ever heard of the law of diminishing returns? Keep on bashing Bush, it will only accentuate the incompetence of the democrats. Everyone knows that, in the aggregate, the dems have had the reigns of power for six years: the Senate and the House for 4 years, and the Presidency for two years. Although I suspect you may have problems grasping the concept, given your previously evinced ignorance about the many applications of statistics, such as actuary analysis in Medicare and Social Security fund projections (even though the very same sites you posted were titled "Actuary Publications), I suspect even you clearly understand the scope of what the dems are facing. By the way, before you go on lump me in with those who prognosticate the repubs will gain control one or both chambers, I don't believe it will happen. But I do believe that the One's sails are going to be trimmed quite a bit, no matter how much you continue to bash Bush.
WhiteBikerTrash| 9.13.10 @ 4:48PM
Honda boy, Hopefully you remember this one,
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
Your statement is the same as if I left a time bomb in a room, it goes off as you are leaving that same room, then you are blamed of being a misguided suicide bomber. P.S. George W. Bush steals one of each of your socks just so none of your socks match!
Oh and P.P.S. Your Master has claimed success for his leading in the Iraq war, you need to update your talking points!!
Thank you for playing please come again!!
Alan Brooks| 9.13.10 @ 10:09PM
Too many know that you want the state to assist your loved ones, but not necessarily others. In other words you think the poor don't deserve govt. assistance, but rich whites do.
Hypocrisy only works if not too large of a proportion of a population knows of the double standard.
In other words, if too many know you want the state to aid your wealthy grandparents, you are wasting your time-- not theirs'-- in attempting to continue the duplicity. We are bogging down because there's no one left to trick anymore.
The jig is up. You will have to find other methods of conning the proles-- game over.
Bill| 9.13.10 @ 7:21AM
Be they democrats or republicans if they have been voting for the liberal progressive trash they need to be taken to the curb and dumped for good.
It is long past time for the people of this country to take back the country and to reduce the size of government to where it was originally intended. Time to get government out of our lives. Time to put term limitations back in place. Time for the states of this country to take back their rights.
Shamus| 9.13.10 @ 7:23AM
The tea party agenda is new to most voters, so a lot depends on who defines it. Democrats have a track record of attempting to frighten the elderly about how conservatives are trying to take away their benefits. Can they generate enough fear to drive their poll numbers? It's not clear that this will work but it's probably their best tactic.
Tea party rhetoric says that we're saddling our grandchildren with debts they won't be able to pay. This seems a bit esoteric for mass market messaging, but gargantuan spending combined with wretched economic performance advance their narrative.
The race between Reid and Angle epitomizes the conflict between these views. The candidates in this race are both very unappealing on a personal level. It will come down to the strength of the opposing messages. If Reid hangs on, then the Democrats will remain as a political force. If Angle is able to win, then I'd expect an 80 seat swing in the House and an 11 seat swing in the Senate. It's hard for me to see voters changing their views so dramatically in only 2 years but it could happen.
Siegfried X| 9.13.10 @ 7:33AM
The difference is that in 1994 we had a choice, two real political parties. Now in 2010 we have a party and a half. Today's Republicans (except for new Tea Party candidates) are just an echo of the Democratic Party, not an alternative to it.
In 1994 the Republicans stood for broad-spectrum conservatism. The Contract With America had specific legislation, bills hundreds of pages long. It included areas which Republicans won't even talk about like the evils of the welfare state (welfare reform) and being tough on crime. That Republican Congress also was conservative on social issues, authoring the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy.
But the 2010 Republican Party has no platform at all. They are totally tactical and reactive. Really the Republican Party is a parasite to the Democratic Party; one couldn't exist without the other. The RINO leadership waits for Democrats to try and do something, then depending on what the polls say the Republicans either say "no" or cave in to a "bipartisan" agreement.
Rodeoamy| 9.13.10 @ 7:55AM
Couldn't agree more. Although I can't wait to vote, I'm afraid it's going to be terribly anticlimactic.
scotchieguy| 9.13.10 @ 1:21PM
The problem is the republicans don't want to be conservatives, they want to be part of the "ruling class." It is that simple. Case in point Boehner yesterday on Face the Nation said he will compromise w/ Obama on Bush's tax cuts expiring at the end of the year. He'll allow them to expire for the rich only. He's compromising. He's caving. Typical. I wouldn't get too excited for November, even w/ the tea parties stirring things up. We'll take back the house, but I wouldn't expect anything other than token changes, and basic reaching across the aisle to appease the dems. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Siegfried X| 9.13.10 @ 1:27PM
Well, there have already been changes, massive ones. There's a night and day difference between before and after the Tea Parties. RINOs had gotten used to getting away with voting with the Democrats on all big issues. It's totally different now. That's the only reason that amnesty and cap & trade didn't pass. Before the Tea Parties everyone predicted that they would.
But I do agree that we will just see small improvement with the next Congress. It will take time and much more pressure on the RINOs.
Kishego| 9.13.10 @ 2:11PM
I think this may be a farely shrewd move on Boehner's part. The turds on the left were expecting him to stand firm against a compromise. He took that ammo away. Of course the right is going to be mad for caving but, sometimes I think the only way to roll back what has been an incremental march to the left in this country, is an incremental march back to the right. I think we should tak e any tax cut we can get, then set the stage for more.
Siegfried X| 9.13.10 @ 4:04PM
Giving up part of the tax cut _IS_ a roll to the LEFT. A roll to the right would be ADDING to the original Bush cut.
Scotchieguy| 9.13.10 @ 7:10PM
That is my point exactly. Let's reach across the aisle and give a little...that way they will respect us a little more, even though they never reach across the aisle for us cuz they know they don't have to. You seem more optimistic. I love the tea parties, but they are not the entire party. They will wield influence, but I fear the repubs will still cave once January '11 rolls around. I HAVE been burned before. Let's hope this time I am wrong.
Louis Jenkins| 9.13.10 @ 7:41AM
They will remember in Nov. Just how much remains to be seen, but things will be different.
"Obama's "blame Bush" rhetoric..." is credited with the rise in voter angst. And its not just conservatives that are upset. Even Democrat neighbors of mine are chompin' at the bit.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 9.13.10 @ 8:03AM
The voters think of November as a time to choose from a dismaying and orchestrated arrangement of politicians.
The politicians think of November as a time their parties find out how good their political allies will do at Christmas.
Curly Smith| 9.13.10 @ 8:18AM
A better question is "Will THEY remember in January"? Will THEY remember why we honored them with our votes? Or, will THEY become the focus of Tea Party protests during the first recess?
martin j smith| 9.13.10 @ 8:25AM
Every time Obama opens up his mouth--and he does so often--people are reminded of what is going on--not that they do not know. No one knows the net result but one thing is pretty certain: This is not 06 or 08 and the number of angry voters is much larger than you average election of this type.
Kelly Staples| 9.13.10 @ 8:32AM
Beltway Boehner is an old-school Pubbie who has learned nothing. However, when he leaves the tanning bed long enough to make deals with his good "friends" on the other side of the isle, the Tea Party will remember in November. . . of 2012!
Raven2XS| 9.13.10 @ 8:40AM
From Fox News,
"WASHINGTON -- House Republican leader John Boehner said Sunday he would vote to pass middle-class tax cuts without an extension for high-income earners, but only if that's the only way to get an extension of Bush-era tax reductions through Congress".
So let me get this straight, the libs own both houses with solid majorities and Boehner thinks he will have some kind of choice? I need my waders because it is getting very deep in GOP land. The people who think the Republicans are going to be different, are going to be MASSIVELY disappointed yet again. We are stuck with a terrorist sympathizer in the White House and Republicans who don't have a clue in life, what a mess. I hope the Tea Party candidates can do better.
Melvin| 9.13.10 @ 8:44AM
It is going to be really interesting to observe, this crescendo by the Ruling Elite Media of the Tea Party Candidates storming the bridges of Washington D.C.
They'll be no crescendo of Tea Party Cannon fire crossing the Potomac to cover the Conservative advance.
John Bohner will exit is tanning booth and splash himself with a spritzer of bronzer and give the per functionary harrumph, as Tea Party members march by.
I guess we really should be asking ourselves, "Will we be any better off November 3rd than November 2nd."
If the Conservative roar turns out to be a squeak, The Tea Party is going to have to do a major, major evaluation in whether or not it, it will continue the fragile peace with the Republican Party or engage in all out total war to destroy it. Either way it isn't going to be pretty and it will completely change the way Conservative politics is played out.
Mimi| 9.13.10 @ 9:55AM
Let us worry less about Nov. 3rd...and step on the gas for Nov.2nd...check out your states registration cut-off dates..for example in N.Y. its 25 days before Nov.2nd...Oct. 8th. Its only a phone call to the Board of Elections get some forms and get some non-voters or people who moved back on the ROLLS. If we all got a few it will help. Go to it.....Nov. 2nd most important!!!
Tim*| 9.13.10 @ 10:47AM
Independents have fallen off Obama's Sled.
It's The Economy & Jobs .
Like Da Man Say , " Americans Want A Paycheck , Not Welfare Stamps ."
The Tea party Rebellion Escalates .
We Can See November From Our Houses .
Anthony| 9.13.10 @ 11:06AM
See November from our houses did you say? YES WE CAN. SI SE PUEDE.
On November 2nd, Obozo, Reid, Pelosi and the Left are toast.
Tea and toast; what a delicious combination!!!
Albert| 9.13.10 @ 11:39AM
I hope many of you are right and November will see the end of Democrat/Socialist control of Congress. But remember, FDR was re-elected in 1936 after four years of screwing the economy and making things worse. Four years of the same tripe that President Bozo is pushing now. It did not work then and it will not work now. Government spending does not stimulate the economy. It depresses economic activity by taking money OUT of the economy. But FDR still got re-elected because people thought things would improve "next year" ["Summer of Recovery" anyone?] Too many American voters believe government propaganda, and this propaganda is being continuously reinforced by the major TV news networks. I hope November sees a sea-change in American politics. But don't count your chickens before their hatched.
TomB| 9.13.10 @ 5:30PM
There was no Internet in 1936. There was barely radio in 1936.
martin j smith| 9.13.10 @ 11:53AM
In this particular election --and this for me is unique-regardless of what Repubs say or do --vote republican simply as a way of indicating Non Confience in this administration. That would be Obama for those in Lala land. The larger the turn outof a NON vote the better. This does not mean you love the Republican party. This is a referendum pure and simple. As some have said on November 3 we will pick up the pieces.
Margie| 9.13.10 @ 12:45PM
Of course you speak truthfully, martin j smith. Now watch out for the accusations from the Lefties posing as conservatives that you are a serial traitor!!
Charity in Truth| 9.13.10 @ 11:56AM
Those who voted for Obamacare at any stage needs to voted out a.s.a.p.
Those U.S. House members who have not signed a discharge petition sponsored by the U. S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa that calls for Obamacare's repeal needs to be voted out a.s.a.p.
Those Senators who voted for the Dodd-Frank financial reform monstrosity and any other nonsense need to be voted out a.s.a.p.
Those Presidents who signed into law any of the above need to be voted out a.s.a.p.
dw| 9.13.10 @ 12:49PM
My wife, who has never voted, will vote this November as a registered Republican. She is not been a political person and is the type who is extremely compasionate towards people and their condition, but she realizes for herself that the socialist, under the obamanator, are out to destroy America and sees evidence of that in her daily encounters with people who are being negatively impacted by these communist policies, including ourselves.
dw| 9.13.10 @ 12:52PM
For the benefit of Vtwib.....It should read, "She has not been.."
Thought I might save you some headache time.
wodiej| 9.13.10 @ 12:57PM
Good for your wife. Better late than never. I know someone who has never voted either but I have not had any success yet convincing her otherwise.
I am a compassionate person as well. But sometimes the best thing to do for someone in need is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING except for words of encouragement. If you keep bailing them out they never learn to stand on their own two feet. They keep making the same mistakes and never get anywhere. How compassionate is that? What seems cruel to some people is actually a kindness. Only problem is many people do not want to be the "bad guy."
wodiej| 9.13.10 @ 12:54PM
The arguing back and forth is proof of the problem. Bush and Republicans were spend happy while in control. But the Democrats have had 4 years to change it and have only MADE IT WORSE. So they are BOTH TO BLAME. MOVE ON....The difference in the face of the GOP now and then is we have The Tea Party to hold them accountable and we are seeing many new conservative people running for office. There will always be people who are too ignorant to vote for someone new but they are the minority now.
Oldefarte| 9.13.10 @ 1:59PM
The signature of TAKE OUT THE TRASH ON NOVEMBER 2 should be the political rallying cry for every American taxpayer-voter. The process should be to [1] vote your entire Republican ticket [as Democrats' philosophy has become too radical]; and [2] vote against any Republican RINO/corrupt/lying elected officials [and who do not work toward eliminating/reducing our federal defecit/debt, de-funding WELFARECARE, eliminating social welfare programs, foreign aid, farm aid, excessive military/space expendautres, etc ] in subsequent elections [at present, due to the fragile nature of our economy, I do not support/recommend any tax CUTS and only maintenance of our present tax rate levels, but we should now only concentrate on REDUCING/ELIMINATING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING as a economic jump starter!!!!!!!!!!!!
Al Adab| 9.13.10 @ 2:18PM
Lets see, 70 members of Congress are members of the DSA and 105 members of Congress scored ZERO on the CCAGW ratings (that's the J. Peter Grace group) Do we really have to wonder why there seems to be a problem in Washington?
martin j smith| 9.13.10 @ 3:41PM
So Al Adab, what are you going to do ?
This election gives voters an opportunity to vote on a referendum on Obama and Socialism. Its yes or non that simple--in this election. Its up to each voter now.
Al Adab| 9.13.10 @ 4:01PM
Your earlier comment about a vote of no confidence is excellent. This election can clearly be viewed in that light.
We as Conservatives have a grand opportunity to regain a preponderant position in the GOP. We have been betrayed, time and again, by the accomodationist majority in the party. Only when the Conservative movement is ascendant has the GOP found success. They let us (and the nation) down after 1994 beginning in 2000. That must not happen again. Our Liberty and the freedom of our children's, children's, children depends on it.
CopyKatnj| 9.13.10 @ 4:07PM
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious" -- George Orwell (1984)
I believe the sleeping giant has awakened.
Mimi| 9.13.10 @ 8:02PM
This just in from the " LARRY KUDLOW " show:...Wall street is pouring money into the GOP. They feel mad, not so much for wanting to raise their taxes....but because the Whitehouse calls them fat cats and puts them down. They feel they are the managers of the nations capitol and deserve more respect... so their done with the DEM'S and Obama...... Even GOLDMAN SACHS!
Osamas Pajamas| 9.14.10 @ 12:11AM
Well, make no assumptions, don't get cocky and overconfident and complacent, crawl over broken glass to vote, and argue and work for a TEA PARTY TSUNAMI!
Osamas Pajamas| 9.14.10 @ 12:27AM
Regardless of November 2nd results, the Tea Partiers are a permanent part of American political culture. How many tanks do the tax-eaters have? One libertarian presidential candidate once observed that Uncle Sam is really "every level of American government" --- and that "We have Uncle Sam outnumbered and outgunned." And he was never arrested for publishing these facts. ; )
Yosemeti Sam| 9.14.10 @ 2:29AM
As sure as the Sun rising in the East!
LadyPatriot| 9.14.10 @ 7:42PM
you're damn straight we will remember - forever.
I will never, ever forget the traitors. Damn them all.