Ken
O’Brien
The preceding installments have shown that the
stated goals of the Tea Party - a reduction in the U.S. national debt and federal
budget deficit by reducing government spending and taxes – have essentially
been met.
To go further in that direction would result in
cutting into government programs in ways that even the Tea Partiers themselves
have shown in public polling that they oppose.
Nevertheless, the Tea Party continues, in various
incarnations, to exert a strong attraction for current and prospective
Republican candidates.
