When it first came to life, the tea party movement burst on the scene
with energy and pure direction that seared many a mind with images of
huge crowds waving the red, white and blue. It was all about taxes, and
curtailing government spending, and liberty.
And it worked. The crowds at tea party movement protests grew month-by-month in 2009 and became larger in 2010. The GOP establishment slowly started to get the message that it was time to put the foot down on the ways of Washington and start speaking up for the conservative movement.
But the "tea party" has always been more a state of mind than an organized movement. And the movement's impact in the 2012 presidential election came into question when Mitt Romney, who had positions on most issues that were more conservative than those of John McCain in 2008, underperformed McCain in votes from key GOP-leaning demographics.
http://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2013/07/10/matt-towery-n1637307?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
And it worked. The crowds at tea party movement protests grew month-by-month in 2009 and became larger in 2010. The GOP establishment slowly started to get the message that it was time to put the foot down on the ways of Washington and start speaking up for the conservative movement.
But the "tea party" has always been more a state of mind than an organized movement. And the movement's impact in the 2012 presidential election came into question when Mitt Romney, who had positions on most issues that were more conservative than those of John McCain in 2008, underperformed McCain in votes from key GOP-leaning demographics.
http://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2013/07/10/matt-towery-n1637307?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
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