That is one of the most encouraging things about this election.
Lost in all the talk about the “wave” or the “tea party tsunami”, is that one of the main reason for the success of many of the local Republican campaigns is the number of high quality candidates that the Republicans have presented to the public in those races. Yes, you have people who are riding the wave, but there are a lot of candidates, like Johnson is WI, Miller in Alaska, etc, who are just super impressive, and it’s not hard to see what they would be doing so well, even without a wave.
It’s really good to see good quality people who aren’t politicians decide to become citizen politicians, and take matter into their own hands. They may yet save this country from the brink.
Excellent point! Taken a step further, consider the Tea Party movement as a candidate development and training program. Leaders are emerging from local Tea Party groups who are fired up and committed to conservative ideals. Those leaders are going to run for local school boards and town councils. Then they will move to mayorships or statewide elective office. There are GOP farm teams springing up all over the country and those teams will result in committed candidates working their way up the ranks.
No political party has the resources to recruit and develop farm team talent. It's happening in the conservative movement all on its own. Democrats have no comparative movement. All they have is 60's style protestors who want to tear down, not build up.
This is why Democrats should fear the Tea Party movement. It's not only the voters, it's the candidate development and training aspect.
“It’s really good to see good quality people who aren’t politicians decide to become citizen politicians, and take matter into their own hands. They may yet save this country from the brink.”
Excellent points!