Well there is no doubt that the Tea Parties are indeed a force in American politics. The democrats called it a fluke when they lost the governorships in New Jersey and Virginia. The loss at Massachusetts flipped them on their collective ears. So what do we do now? I say lets roll on even harder while we have the momentum. Now is not the time to rest on our laurels and wait and see what Sarah Palin and Scott Brown do now.
We need to be very watchful of our gains as we are now in a very dangerous time. The beast in Washington DC is awake and wounded by this ground swell of the people saying NO! It is not something that they are accustomed to hearing. The ruling elite of both parties are seeing a real threat to their base. We still have to push for the candidates that we want in 2010 by the march 2nd primaries. That is a real short time to work on replacing ALL the incumbents that are up for re-election. We also must watch those politicians that claim to support us.
Sarah Palin claims to be a rogue outsider of the GOP. She decided not to go to GOPAC this year but instead will be a keynote speaker at the Tea Party Convention this year. One big atta boy for that! She then comes out and endorses Rick Perry for governor of Texas! One big aw s#!+ for that. Rick Perry IS a politician. His speciality is seeing which way the wind is blowing and going with it. If we could harness the power in his flip flops we could do without a whole lot of wind farms. This is the guy who brought us the Trans-Texas corridor, to be built and toll operated by a spanish contractor, until public outrage killed it. Now he was against it all along. Note to Sarah, we are going against all incumbents. You might consider Debra Medina for your endorsement as she is a maverick like you and not an incumbent from Texas or Washington DC.
Scott Brown owes his seat directly to the effort of Tea Parties all across this nation. They really pulled it together to help him win. Who was the recipient of his first endorsement? John McCain! Are you kidding me? This is the RINO loser who lost to Obama. This is the guy who brought us McCain-Feingold act. Just recently Mr. Brown told the GOP leadership that he would not necessarily follow their leadership. Note to the Tea Parties, this guy is a moderate at best. He needs to be watched like a hawk over the next couple of months.
Obama has proven to be the Tea Parties Best friend. At the State of the Union address he made it clear that it's full speed ahead. Health care, Cap and Trade, Immigration reform are still alive and will be pushed by the democrats for all that they are worth. The biggest crack that we can exploit was Obama's diss to the Supreme Court. With issues like his birth certificate and the constitutionality of these bills it is unwise to piss off those who will decide on them.
We need to keep up if not increase the pressure against the beast of Washington DC. Lets start considering some national strikes. Push the states on nullification legislation. Change your withholding to limit the taxes going in to feed the beast. Support new and fresh candidates for office. We want to un-elect ALL incumbents. Lastly we need to consider becoming a full political party and a force to be reckoned with.
