Sorry, but misguided Tea Partiers who go off in their own direction will do nothing but enable the Dem stranglehold on government to continue. The Tea Party should be used to move the debate in a conservative direction, NOT to make a point that results in decades of even deeper socialism just to assuage the egos of those in charge of the movement. The point has been made - people are seeing that they need to vote for candidates that embrace the Constitution. The fact is, that in some states, this will still mean the election of a “moderate” like Scott Brown. He may have voted for the jobs bill, which I am upset about, but it’s better than having a Ted Kennedy clone who would vote for any liberal bill that comes his way.
I’d never support him for President in a primary, but he’s far better than the alternative that voters in Massachusetts had.
The Tea Party won’t move anyone in the conservative direction if their support of people like Scott Brown gets rewarded by his arrogant disregard for their beliefs.
The point is that members of both parties find that their guys become part of the club, not part of a movement, once they’re inducted into the Senate.. these guys need to believe that they’ll be voted out - even if its for someone “worse”, unless they listen to the people, and respect the Constitution.
But if we’re just in the game of counting numbers of Repubs vs. Dems, how can we expect to see things change?