[erkyl]

I think you overestimate the significance of Obamacare to the Tea Party movement. While it has been about that, it has not been about only that for a long time. It's about spending, deficits, and loads of other conservative issues. I think if the scenario proposed in this article played out (and I absolutely doubt that it would), we would all be better for it because Obamacare would be dead. But, I don't think it would kill the Tea Party by any means. I think it would light a fire under the movement because all their efforts paid off and they won! It would be on to the next big challenge--saving the country and reducing the size and power of the federal government by electing a truly conservative President and Senate!

[EERinOK]

You are SO absolutely right about the Tea Party. Had Obama lost and McCain and a Dem/Rino congress kept up Bush spending levels and favor to the “too big to fail” failing business models, the tea party would have still formed. It started prior to any Obamacare drafts as a result of the government bailouts, stimulus, looking the other way at the cause Freddie/Fannie/Lib/Rino policy, and out of control governement spending. It gained momentum in opposition to Obamacare, but Obamacare was not the catalyst that started it.

[EERinOK]

You are SO absolutely right about the Tea Party. Had Obama lost and McCain and a Dem/Rino congress kept up Bush spending levels and favor to the “too big to fail” failing business models, the tea party would have still formed. It started prior to any Obamacare drafts as a result of the government bailouts, stimulus, looking the other way at the cause Freddie/Fannie/Lib/Rino policy, and out of control governement spending. It gained momentum in opposition to Obamacare, but Obamacare was not the catalyst that started it.

Death of Obamacare won’t end it either, but may very well propel it into a greater force that both parties will have to reckon with.