[Yashcheritsiy]

This just goes to show that if real conservatism is to be salvaged as a viable political force in this country, it will be does without any help from the current set of career politicians in Washington, even the so-called "conservative" ones.

[true believer forever]

This just goes to show that if real conservatism is to be salvaged as a viable political force in this country, it will be does without any help from the current set of career politicians in Washington, even the so-called "conservative" ones.

Maybe as recently as yesterday, I would have had a few qualifyiers for that statement, but today, all I can say is it looks like you are absolutely correct. So what was 2010 all about then?

You know, a very wise Freeper, and I wish I could remember their name, because it made a great impact on me, once said: Fully 90% of the politicians that go to Washington are corrupted and co-opted in their first year, and that is the rate for the Tea Party, also. The last 10%, it takes a few more years - think deMint.