Will the 'Tea Party' take over Congress?
The tea party movement is clearly having major impact on the midterm elections – putting a significant number of more conventional Republicans as well as Democrats into a cold sweat as they look over their shoulders at tea party-backed candidates with a real possibility of winning.
Tea party activists held a rally and march in Washington Saturday. More tea party rallies were held Sunday in Washington, St. Louis, and Sacramento.
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Could the “Tea Party” take over Congress?
Not hardly. First, there is no such thing as the Tea Party. It’s a fascinating gathering of libertarians, conservatives, and others just plain fed up with business as usual in Washington, and it has some prominent figureheads – Fox News broadcasters and political pot-stirrers Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, who appeared together in Anchorage Saturday.
But come November, will there be a House Speaker or Senate Majority Leader with a “TP” after his or her name rather than a “D” or an “R”?
Definitely not. And yet, and yet…
The tea party movement is clearly having major impact on the midterm elections – putting a significant number of more conventional Republicans as well as Democrats into a cold sweat as they look over their shoulders at tea party-backed candidates with a real possibility of winning.
In fact, they already are. Sharron Angle in Nevada has Senate Majority Harry Reid scrambling for his political life. In a three-way race with tea party input, Senator Bob Bennett of Utah lost his Republican primary bid for a fourth term. Rand Paul beat establishment candidate Trey Grayson in the GOP Senate primary in Kentucky. And Sarah Palin-backed Joe Miller ousted incumbent Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican primary last month.
