The TeaParty Movement

I saw a couple of people with a Tucson TeaParty sign the other day and they were collecting signatures to recall Gabriel Giffords. I started thinking, what is it that the TeaParties are trying to accomplish? Has it become a mainly conservative movement with the sole purpose to gain seats in Washington in 2010? On the local TeaParty website under the about us page it says they are a venue for people against government spending. I think they need to do a better job about getting out their message too the public.

In the Boston Tea Party that happened on Dec. 16, 1773, it was very clear what the people were protesting about, over taxation with out representation. The new TeaParty movement seems to be against anything associated with the Democrats. If the TeaParty movements gets taken over by partisan politics they risk alienating a large group of current and future followers. Today more people appear to being switching parties to an Independent because they are unhappy with both parties. By switching to an Independent voters are telling both parties that they need to earn the voters vote, the political parties can not just expect the voter to vote along party lines.At the same time the voter does not want a politician who is going to just vote with their party.

So in order for the TeaParties to gain any real relevance they need to do a better job about getting their message out, what is it they they stand for. Otherwise they risk of becoming the right wing equivalent of ACORN.