Certainly it is a talking point of the Democrat, the Obama campaign, and the MSM that the TEA Party is “old news” and can be ignored. However, as Steve pointed out, that “conventional political wisdom” is dead wrong. Me? I think that they JUST want people to think that – frankly, I do believe that they are terrified that events are slipping away from them. Oh, they know full well that the TEA Party is around – and not just kicking but simply like most middle class / working class folk do in flyover country – see a job to be done, not waiting for someone else to do the job, and putting their work ethic in gear to get that job done.
Most of us just quietly go about the job now – the emotional events are done as those were just the intentions. Unlike Libs for whom “intentions” are the most important issue and raison d’etre, most Conservatives concentrate on the actual results. And 2010 saw those intentions turned into concrete results in a big way. Seeing Dick Lugar ousted by the TEA Party, a 35 year incumbent with tons of seniority, shows that there is steel in the TEA Party spine: Principle over Politics. The Triple threat of the TEA Party principles – free markets, fiscal frugality, Constitutional governance – overrode any thoughts of keeping pure political power.
