Storming the Castle
September 15, 2010 - by
The Republican Party is seeing exactly the same thing in its primaries this year that the Democratic Party saw in its presidential primaries in 2008.
An inexperienced, untested and nearly unknown upstart challenges a pillar of the party’s political establishment. Propelled by the enthusiasm of inspired new voters, the upstart upends the odds-on favorite in state after state.
The political and media establishment warns that the upstart is too raw, too new and too untested for the general election. But the pitchfork-wielding revolutionaries aren’t deterred.
Sound familiar?
What has happened to the Republican establishment (Lazio, Castle, Murkowski, Bennett, etc.) this year is a mirror image of what Barack Obama did to Hillary Clinton two years ago.
The ideologies are exactly opposite. But the energies are the same: disgust with politicians, distrust of experience and a burning desire for – wait for it – Change.
Behind it all is fear and anger about the economy and the direction of the country.
Desperate times yield desperate measures.
Before dismissing the chances of these Tea Party candidates in the fall, Democrats should reflect on what happened two years ago.
Storming the Castle
September 15, 2010/
The Republican Party is seeing exactly the same thing in its primaries this year that the Democratic Party saw in its presidential primaries in 2008.
An inexperienced, untested and nearly unknown upstart challenges a pillar of the party’s political establishment. Propelled by the enthusiasm of inspired new voters, the upstart upends the odds-on favorite in state after state.
The political and media establishment warns that the upstart is too raw, too new and too untested for the general election. But the pitchfork-wielding revolutionaries aren’t deterred.
Sound familiar?
What has happened to the Republican establishment (Lazio, Castle, Murkowski, Bennett, etc.) this year is a mirror image of what Barack Obama did to Hillary Clinton two years ago.
The ideologies are exactly opposite. But the energies are the same: disgust with politicians, distrust of experience and a burning desire for – wait for it – Change.
Behind it all is fear and anger about the economy and the direction of the country.
Desperate times yield desperate measures.
Before dismissing the chances of these Tea Party candidates in the fall, Democrats should reflect on what happened two years ago.