Open air Tea Party rallies and protests is where the TP gained its power and momentum, and most suddenly they began working a behind the scenes low profile program and it ain’t working so well, there is no need to be intimidated by the MSM, Dems, and Rino’s there assaults just serve to strengthen and grow the TP, time to hit the streets again; some one said if you build it they will come.
I don’t think one can gauge the traction of the TP by street demonstrations nor media coverage.
No matter how many times I hear Nancy Pelosi say what a great guy Harry Reid is, or hear Debbie Washerwoman-Schultz tell me how rotten Republicans are, and no matter how many times 0bama tells me that there is so much work to do and we should be proud of what we’ve accomplished so far but no longer can we do this and how accountable our elected officials should be, I’m unimpressed and unconvinced.
I don’t own a TV, but if I did and I saw endless political commercials for Democrats, it wouldn’t affect one iota whether I would vote for a Democrat. That said, the GOP running Jeb Bush might just convince me to vote for a Dem. But that’s another story.
The TP rallies are not that much of a big deal, at least in my estimation. If 100th the effort put into those rallies were put into trying to convince a neighbor or acquaintance, it would be equally effective and much cheaper.
Above all; we should know by now that TP rallies should not be judged on the media coverage they get, because there won’t be any media coverage except to ridicule them. So if you or I are counting on media coverage to persuade the persuadeables, it’s just as likely that a negative impression of the TP will be left as a positive one. That’s just my .02.