Cato at DelMarVa Dealings picks up on the Politico and RedState posts about the tea party activists taking over the Republican Party, and makes a very shrewd observation:Yes, grassroots activists need to become more involved in the GOP at all levels. If they wish to be successful, they need to do so with the commitment to NOT be single issue activists and to be willing to make alliances with those who are not in 99%+ agreement with them on every issue. [emphasis added]Cato also notes:
They should start by voting with their checkbooks. When GOP groups such as the NRSC openly support a Charlie Crist over a Marco Rubio or push Larry Elder out of the California race to support failed CEO Carly Fiorina, you can only withhold your money. Don’t buy into the their arguments and don’t send them any money. Ditto for the NRCC! Send money directly to conservative candidates and organize in your local town, county and state!Rush Limbaugh calls money the "mother's milk" of politics. It could also arguably be called the poison of politics.
Leaders are rising to the surface through the various conservative movements including the tea party groups, leadership that will be needed in these unsettled political times.
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