“It’s not the power of the Tea Party, it’s the power of the people.”
It’s very telling that this article doesn’t even consider the desires of the majority of American voters. It’s all a matter of one faction versus another faction.
There is nothing representative about our current form of government.
The American People have fried the phone lines to Congress multiple times since 2006 or 07, when the Bush Administration attempted to push “comprehensive immigration reform” through. Even with a Republican President, Congress (including Democrats) did not want its fingerprints on fake immigration reform, ie real amnesty to reward lawbreakers.