This interesting poll shows the following:
Among TEA Partiers –
79% are white – and so are 75% of Americans.
16% are under 30 – and so are 17% of Americans.
15% have a post-graduate degree – and so do 16% of Americans.
The only place TEA Partiers are a bit out of kilter is among black Americans – 11% or so of Americans are black, but only about 6% of TEA Partiers…but, even then, its still hardly the lilly-white group of Obama-hating racists its made out to be.
Which, of course, anyone who attended a TEA Party could have said. These are just regular folks, fed up with the corruption and arrogance of government. Democrats will ignore or downplay this at their peril – and I do expect them to take the perilous route: too many Democrats are too deeply compromised by the current system. They are stuck – only a complete abandonment of what they are can cure – and that still means losing in November.
This isn’t going away – and it isn’t going to fade. Nor will even an improving economy halt it. People are furious – coldly furious. Determined to have done with it and start over. Now, the GOP wins and doesn’t do right, then they’ll be clobbered the next time out…this isn’t pendulum swinging. This is Revolution.
Cross Posted: Noonan for Nevada
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