Done with Palin and the Tea Party

[PanzerJaeger]

I cannot believe it. These morons probably just cost Republicans the Senate.

In the past I have defended and even supported the Tea Party and its public face Sarah Palin. Sure they are the 'rough edge' of the conservative movement, people who align more with Glen Beck than William Kristol. Hell, they probably don't even know who Irving Kristol was, much less William F. Buckley, Jr. But their small government, small tax rate message worked well on a macropolitical level and their enthusiasm and populist appeal could be leveraged into greater turnout for Republicans.

However, apparently this beast cannot be controlled, and is perfectly willing to cut off its nose to spite its face. For the sake of ideological purity, the Tea Partiers have probably squandered the best chance conservatives have of curtailing the mess that has become the Obama Administration. Sure Mike Castle wasn't 100% Right on the issues, but these Tea Party people don't seem to understand how important majorities are. They come with committee chairmanships - they real source of congressional power. Without majorities, greater Republican numbers in Congress mean nothing.

This is not the way Ronald Reagan would have handled things. He wasn't as politically dense. Intellectual conservatives need to stand up and take back control of the party before 2012. Sarah Palin's Facebook page is a funny foil to the Left, but she cannot be the face of the Republican party.