February 8, 2010

Did You Feel the Earth Move?

By Jim Yardley
The earth is shifting under our feet, and the political class, both in elected officialdom and in the unelected punditocracy, appear to be oblivious. They still believe that there are only Democrats and Republicans, and anything else is a "fringe" group. In their view, Progressives and Tea Party members are equivalent in their impact on the major parties. Nothing could be more in error, and nothing works more in favor of the Progressives than having the electorate view them as such.  The Tea Party convention this past weekend was a truly seismic event -- not in the sense that it will shake the establishment out of their rigid system of beliefs, but as a moment historians can point to when describing the sea change occurring in the terms of our national debate.The ascendancy of the two major political parties has ended. It's over. Kaput. Oh, we may still use the labels "Democrat" and "Republican" for the sake of convenience, but they will be only the...(Read Full Article)