[TheWriterTX]

I've said it before; I'll say it again.

The Tea Party remained it's most influential when they did not have folks stepping out as "leaders" to speak on it's behalf. As long as it remained an undefined, agitated, incalculable group of citizens capable of huge, unexpected groundswells, it kept both sides of the aisle on their toes.

Get organized, get defined, get marginalized, get ignored.

Tea Partiers don't need anyone to speak for them. We've had enough of that crap from Washington. We can speak for OURSELVES.

[ConservativeMind]

Agreed.

[Clump]

You said it best! Nobody has the right to speak for this group! And for some prick to decide what beliefs are off limits for legitimate voices in the political arena is arrogant.

[Publius6961]

The Tea Party remained its most influential when they did not have folks stepping out as "leaders" to speak on it's behalf. As long as it remained an undefined, agitated, incalculable group of citizens capable of huge, unexpected groundswells, it kept both sides of the aisle on their toes.

That's what has both the "progressives" and the business-as-usual RINOS in a perpetual snit :

They hate that!