UPDATED: Their Worst Nightmare
Do Politico writers read The Rhetorican?
Probably not, otherwise these two wouldn’t be noting now what I noted months ago: that the Tea Party movement is not a Republican movement.
Thus, it doesn’t matter how down on its luck or irrelevant the GOP is. The Tea Party crowd doesn’t derive its momentum from the GOP. And its goals are broader than replacing one party with another: it aims to undermine the ever-increasing power – not of Democrats per se – but of our Political Class.
The problem for Democrats is that – given that they are for all intents and purposes The Establishment – they will suffer the brunt of the Tea Party shockwave, along with any Republican who’s forgotten why small government and individual liberty are so valuable.
UPDATE: BigGovernment: The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the GOP’s Soul.
MORE: American Power links. Thanks, Professor Douglas!
