"Only Obama and his majority could have awakened middle America into an uproar."

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oh and dude, sorry to break it to you, but democrats are still going to have the senate - at least according to projections. you can thank the tea party psycho (and I don't mean that all tea party supporters are psycho, I mean that Christine ODonnell actually is crazy. like really crazy) for some of that.

before you can complain about my response only being laughter and not substance - and breaking the forum (awesome site programming! if only we spent years asking for a new one):

It's not the middle of America in an "uproar," the tea party is the same group of right-wing Republicans they were before Obama was elected. They just have a more sexually-suggestive moniker now.

I know I know, the talking heads love to say that its "the people" uprising, but it's the fringe - just as the fringe on the left is the most vocal.

I'm not completely stoked about the Tea Party other than the fact that some of them will take dems jobs this year. But you certainly can't blame your average run of the mill conservatives. Dems created this monster.

And I agree, it is the fringe. It's just that the right fringe hasn't garnered this kind of support in quite some time.

no no no sorry you misunderstand. I don't blame average conservatives (or the democrats). I'm just saying it's not the moderates - or moderate conservatives who make up the tea party. it's the same right wing fringe that were vocal before this presidency. it's just been wrapped up in a pretty packaged box for the media now - who do their best to make seem like some sort of important voice. literally the only thing the tea party is accomplishing is steering moderates towards democratic candidates when they win the GOP ticket (case and point: Christine ODonnell in Delaware).

gotcha. just had issue with saying that it's the common man.

There is no GOP revival, good luck trying to find a candidate to run nationally that meets the Tea (FUCKINGINSANEPEOPLE) Party standards that is viable in the least. Or if they would have been viable they will have to take on too much of that INSANEPALINTYPEPEOPLE values to really stand a chance, a la John McCain in 2008.

If the GOP takes 60+ seats back in the house just two years after being slaughtered and pronounced dead, I'd consider that a revival.

love how this convo turned.

still the how I feel about this article is that it is a travesty and a joke. and sadly shows exactly what is wrong (from my point of view) with the american political debate nowadays. it just lacks nuance. they are too happy to put labels on it.

and this new "right wing" varies, some of the parties are not right wing when it comes to economics. some of the parties on that list are futher away from each other than Bush and Ralph Nader, the only thing they have in common is that they are both technically right wing.

But K, how will we lambaste each other without labels?