March 31, 2010

Tea Parties and the Republican Party

By Bruce Walker
The Tea Party movement is trying hard to separate itself from the Republican Party, even to the point of threatening to run as a third party in some races. If Tea Party supporters consider that they are acting in the finest tradition of the American revolutionary spirit, then they should reject a third-party movement except in extraordinary circumstances -- such as supporting Doug Hoffman in the New York House race last year.The unanimous opposition of Republicans to ObamaCare shows a remarkable degree of solidarity on those principles most vital to the preservation of freedom. It is unheard of in Washington for every single member of Congress of one of the two big political parties to oppose a federal bill. Republicans showed this sort of grit weeks after Obama took office, when the Stimulus Bill also passed with no Republican support in the House and only three Republicans in the Senate (one of those three, Arlen Specter, has now left the party).The idea that the two political...(Read Full Article)