If the Republican Party has become the party of No, then the Tea Party would have to be considered the party of nothing. At least the Republicans know what they are against. At this point there is no tangible bond between "members" of the Tea Party other than being mad. This is a group of people who are mad but their not sure what they are mad about. Some want less government spending but have not solution for how to do it. Others make the recent health care reform their basis for their Tea Party association while some have decided that Acorn was the straw that broke the camels back.
The problem is not that these people don't have a right to their opinion or a right to fight for it but rather the issue is that they can't agree with each other on what their party stands for. It will be hard to support a candidate when that candidate only represents a small portion of what your organization stands for.
Where the real fun starts is in the fall when a Tea Party candidate is put up against a Republican or Democrat in a debate on the issues that Americans care about. For a party that has decided to avoid the topics that they consider divisive like abortion or gay marriage these debates will provide the perfect forum for them to fall flat on their face. How better to be the party of nothing than to have nothing to say when discussing real topics.
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