Chris Cillizza had an interesting post recently, which covered a topic that's been on my mind lately:
Isn't the Tea Party's "15-minutes of fame" about over yet!?
Is the tea party still relevant?
by Chris Cillizza -- The Fix, washingtonpost.com -- April 22, 2012
After playing a dominant role in a number of elections in 2010 — Christine O’Donnell, anyone? — there is growing evidence that the power (and visibility) of the movement has faded somewhat of late.
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In a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted this month, more than six in 10 people said they were not interested in learning more about the movement, and a majority said the more they learned, the less they liked. Both of those numbers have increased significantly over the past two years.
Conversations with a number of Republican strategists — both those of the tea party and those who count themselves as casual observers of the movement — suggest that the tea party isn’t dying, it’s just transforming into a new role.
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Good Questions, Chris Cillizza.
Is the Tea Party still relevant?
What say you. What do you -- think it will take to make them even "less relevant"?
And if the Tea Party is "just transforming" -- just evolving -- "into a new role" ... as GOP strategists contend,
perhaps you have some thoughts on what form that "new Tea Party role" will take ...
Any suggestions?
Here are some gentle reminders: tea party slogans
for some reason the word 'whigs' keeps coming to mind ...
hmmm? curious.