It doesn't matter whether you think that the Tea Party protests were a bunch of garbage or not - it was good to see so many Americans get out and make their voices heard on the future of our Republic.
Transferring that energy over to government could be a different issue, though.
The main theme of the Washington, D.C. Tea Party was definitely anger with the Obama Administration. You could see that in the homemade signs on display in the crowd.
"O Crap!" read one of the many.
Right now though, a thumbs down on the President is not a majority position in the country, no matter how much these people honestly believe that he is making the wrong choices for our future.
Which brings about the issue of where you go next.
Being against "someone" in the case of this President certainly can motivate a number of people.
But as my father has taught me over the years about politics, you need to have "something" to make your case.
That something could be a person - a Ronald Reagan - but I don't sense that there is a Reagan-type on the horizon right now. It could still happen, yes.
So maybe the answer lies more in what you believe in, and that's where the ground gets sticky for the Republicans, just as it would for the Democrats if they were out of power.
Some people wanted to make the Tea Parties about tax reform and cutting taxes.
Others wanted to talk about Immigration Reform.
And there were other issues thrown in there as well.
Right now there is not a conservative majority in this country - just like there is not a liberal majority.
So in order to get into power, you have to find ways to attract the votes of independents and some in the other party to get yourself to majority status.
Can Republicans do that? If they don't, they'll remain a minority, unless the Democrats screw things up along the way.
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