Originally Posted by
tony
Heres my problem with the Tea Party movement, these town halls, or whatever and also leads me to believe that the opposition gets attention because the media gives it to them, not because they are significant in numbers. Look at the simple demographics of the opposition and then look at the demographics of the United States today, the two don't match up. As shown in the previous election minority vote is significant, and not just black vote. Latino vote, Arab Americans, Asians, whatever but none of these groups show up at these rallies in significant numbers to oppose the current administration, to be frank what you see is mostly angry whites. It is because of this that I cannot say that they have a significant amount of influence politically.
When Fox news has to play up the numbers at Tea Party rallies I can tell what is really going on and regardless of what polls say. When the Republican party does little to evolve with the times and continue to fight for the status quo, this is why you have such a large number of independent voters. When the right doesn't do anything to remove their selves from the protestors this past weekend yelling out racial slurs and other ignorant statements, I do not take that side seriously.
Know what is coming next? A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and with that will come a bolstered voting base for the Democratic party. They are able to do this because they have evolved regardless of how asinine their platform may be. Point the finger at the left if you want but they get it and Republicans don't.