Don’t trust Armey. He is the point man for bringing the Tea Party into the “junior partner” relationship. That is why the WSJ is giving him a platform on this. What the R establishment has in mind is treating the Tea Party just like they have treated socdial conservatives in the past. Bear in mind, too, that Armey doesn’t like social conservatives, who are the real heart of the Tea Party movement.
I tried to get the 9-12 organizations to pull the permits for the stage for the big DC march. They dilly-dallied, unfortunately, and Armey and company pulled the permits instead.
So, what you had was a million and a half to two million people marching in the streets saying "Give us our country back," and the Republicans who controlled the microphone saying "Give us our power back."
Two VERY different messages.
Armey is an “Open Borders” proponent.