Rush Limbaugh “This is not left versus right. This is statism and totalitarianism versus freedom!”
That might be the underlying battle among those who are politically aware, however in my experience this is not a battle engaged in by the average American who will gladly give up some of their freedom for comfort. If the economy was not in such bad shape, I don't think their would be near the opposition to Obama's Marxist policies. Much of the TEA party movement was/is against higher taxes and is generic in it's application. George Bush probably could have gotten government health care passed.
A few thousand people in scattered cities rallying, for multiple reasons, against the current administration doesn't give me a lot of confidence that there is any real movement towards freedom.
It's possible that voters will reject the Democrats in the 2010 elections, but this will be similar to the 2008 election, people will be voting for "change", not based on any deep seated philosophy but based on their own parochial interests. I think the average American is quite accepting of the chains of government, much like Europeans, as long as they have a comfortable life.
The problems with socialism in Europe is not that people reject government control but that people get upset when they do not get everything they have been promised.
The average American already pays more than 50% of their income to various government agencies. And we say we don't want socialism? That horse left the barn a long time ago.