Tea Party folks weren’t AWOL....I would describe them as loosely cast. Like in the 1968 election and again in the 1980 election there are times when people are fed up have had more than enough and take their outrage to the polls. Just because people don’t do things the way you want them to does not mean they were not out there doing the business of conservatives.
Complain all you want. 2010 may have been a sea change if those who helped turned congress around stay active. If on the other hand they do what you do and complain about what was rather than working for what should be they will get the same result
have fun complaining it seems to be what you do best
“Tea Party folks weren’t AWOL....I would describe them as loosely cast.”
Sheesh talk about damning with faint praise. The bottom line is too many on FR and the Tea Party were quite content to see the GOP under Dubya explode Federal spending on nonsense. The reason this hypocrisy needs to be brought up at every opportunity is so that it isn’t repeated! Whether that’s a lost cause is another story. For all of the Tea Party’s vaunted strength, they sure had little impact blocking Romney from the GOP nomination.