Most people see "revolution" and think of the violent revolutions that have taken place around the world recently. What I've seen, who I've spoken with and things I've experienced tell me that the revolution that most* of the Tea Party members support is one that is driven by the voters.
Recent polling has revealed that more than a small percentage (I saw numbers between 18 and 22%) don't believe the statements made by the White House regarding the President's religious affiliation. The Rasmussen Daily Presidential tracking poll** (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history) trends show that in the month of August, on average 43% of people polled say they approve (with 26% strongly approving) of the President's performance while 53% disapprove (and 46% strongly disapproving). To put those numbers another way, more than half the people polled (the President and the Congress (since most don't understand the civics behind the power of the purse or see the President as controlling what the Congress does) have made some piss-poor decisions. The good thing is that more people are getting involved in politics from both sides. At the moment every group is campaigning hard to, "win the hearts and minds of the voting public." What is going to be interesting to see is who actually comes out ahead. I'll say this - regardless of what incumbents have next to their names, the I (for incumbent) is a strike against them. * - There are now and always have been an element of society that calls for an armed uprising. They generally label themselves the, "true patriots" and call 200 years of changes applied to the government as unconstitutional. The most extreme of these won't even affiliate themselves with the Tea Party movements. Generally if you want to hear their viewpoints you have to listen to Shortwave radio or some of the "shows" that they post on various podcasting services. I've talked to a few and, honestly, they scare me. ** - Since polls are run by people and people look at demographics, I think it's interesting to note this statement on the main page for the tracking poll: Daily tracking results are collected via telephone surveys of 500 likely voters per night and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The margin of sampling error-for the full sample of 1,500 Likely Voters--is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Results are also compiled on a full-week basis and crosstabs for full-week results are available for Platinum Members. Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large (see methodology). Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. While partisan affiliation is generally quite stable over time, there are a fair number of people who waver between allegiance to a particular party or independent status. Since the November 2008 election, the number of Democrats in the country has declined while the number of unaffiliated voters has grown. Our baseline targets are established based upon separate survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews) and targets are updated monthly. Currently, the baseline targets for the adult population are 35.3% Democrats, 32.3% Republicans, and 32.4% unaffiliated. Likely voter samples typically show a slightly smaller advantage for the Democrats. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
