Even if I have trouble saying what are, say, the top 3 things Tea Party types want to do. It's easy to say they're against Obamacare and Obama, want to repeal his laws and such. The only concrete law I can come up with would be the constitutional amendment to define marriage. Maybe that's because most of what the Tea Party wants to do is simply defend the Constitution against encroachment. But maybe it would help to be able to get behind a constitutional amendment, or other law, and make that the focus of the movement like the old ERA amendment. The balanced budget amendment under Newt missed passing by 1 vote. Maybe it's time to focus the movement solely on getting a balanced budget amendment passed, and make that the overriding issue. This movement can't just be the Not Obama movement, but it needs to have a positive and clear goal it can stand for that is separate from any specific candidate and would outlast any presidency. I think we ought to have a balanced budget amendment movement.
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The Tea Party is composed mostly of newbies. Give them time.