[MichCapCon]

MI ping

[dools007]

Spin; outright lying; and race, income and gender baiting are the only arrows left in the the Marxist quiver.

[cripplecreek]

3 of my 5 votes went the way I wanted them to. I qualify that as a success.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

because they are based on a conventional Republican vs. Democrat electoral politics worldview. This misses the Tea Party’s rejection of the entire ruling class establishment, including the major political parties as currently constituted...

If that's the case, then why is it that the majority of self-identified Tea Partiers are registered Republicans?

[bwc2221]

We had three solid conservatives who split the vote. Mike Bouchard should have dropped out as it has been obvious for the past month that he couldn't win.

Now Michigan has the choice between Jennifer Granholm's third term or the second coming of Bill Milliken. We lose either way.

[MaggieCarta]

I haven't made up my mind as to whether the recent primaries represent a "Tea Party Failure" or a failure of the GOP to CLOSE THE PRIMARIES.

Yes, I'm shouting again. I am a registered Independent, and I am asking the GOP to close the primaries. Either close them, or find a way to winnow down the choices before the actual open primary vote. Or, have some kind of rule that the nominee must obtain 51% of the vote, or face a run-off.

I am very leery of Synder, and I sincerely believe that crossover Dems were responsible for his win, not Republicans. (Or conservative-libertarian minded independents ;)

[cranked]

Michigane is a frakin’ rat hole, literally. All one needs to do is look at Detroit to see the future of the nation under the libtard and progressive Dems........ =.=

[paulycy]

Where the Tea Party dies, so dies the local govt.

[kevao]

The first tea parties were held on April 15, 2009. So the movement has been around for only some 16 months. *ANY* victory the Tea Party has so soon against the long-established, corrupt Democrat and GOP parties is impressive.

[rob777]

Most voters don't follow the detailed public policy differences between the candidates, so Snyder's victory can be legitimately viewed as a Tea-Partyish selection of an "anyone but the political class" outsider.


In Vermont, this line of thinking played a big role in getting Bernie Sanders elected mayor of Burlington and then to the U.S. House seat from Vermont. I would guess that it also played a role in getting Obama elected as well. The Tea Parties certainly have an element of non-ideological populism, but I think that the bulk of the movement is committed to a principled position in favor of limited government.