This is precisely why a concept like a “Tea Party” rings such a chord with many people. You can say what you want about the “Tea Partiers”, but the fact is that many of those people were once Democrats and once Republicans, and now they don’t identify with either group, for many of the reasons you’ve outlined.

Whether the Tea Party idea holds together or not will be fun to watch, but I think it’s really a signal that the voters are out to change, not necessarily policy, but perhaps the image of a politician.

I hope we’re successful!

-Grant