It’s probably no coincidence that the Politico decided to highlight a poll that shows the Tea Parties are less popular than they have been on the day before a Tea Party rally in Washington, DC (via memeorandum). After all, the MSM has been banging away at the Tea Party movement since it became evident that it would be a great deal more than the political version of a knitting circle for a handful of stay-at-home Moms and bloggers.
However, all may not be as it seems. Jennifer Rubin took a closer look at the poll and found it not as decisive as the left would have us believe. More importantly, she pointed out that the Democrats in Congress have largely accepted the Tea Parties core principle of less spending, even if the two groups disagree about what “less” means. That is what victory looks like and there will be more victories to come if the Tea Parties keep talking to their friends and family and don’t pay any attention to the naysayers and sabotage artists on the left.
And now, links!
- Well, so much for the stereotype of the South as a segregated hotbed of racism.
- An Idiot Abroad. No, not that idiot. The idiotic one.
- There really is nothing the Nanny Staters won’t try to control. Now, they’re after your antibacterial soap.
- Forget the approval ratings, this is the sign Barack Obama is in real trouble with his base.
- Finally, a Democrat who will tell us the real reason we’ve been going through the ridiculous Dance of the Continuing Resolutions.
- I hope the arrest of a Wisconsin school teacher for making death threats against Republican legislators is the first of many.
- Someone call Stephen Green. He’s going to want to go shopping for the materials to build this drink-making machine right away!
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"More importantly, she pointed out that the Democrats in Congress have largely accepted the Tea Parties core principle of less spending, even if the two groups disagree about what “less” means."
Until we get to the point where peacetime deficit spending is not acceptable, by which I mean government spends what it collects in taxes, it's all so much posturing.