Who believes that The Tea Party Is in a Leadership Conundrum – Sphere News?”
ANALYSIS (Jan. 6) — In his latest New York Times column, conservative pundit David Brooks makes the case that the new decade will be “The Tea Party Teens,” as that movement’s radical-populist “brigades” now claim “all the intensity” that President Barack Obama’s supporters displayed in propelling him to the White House. Brooks cites a recent poll showing that independent voters approve of the Tea Party movement more than both major parties and says that what’s holding it back from becoming an even bigger force is its “amateurish” operations and lack of a true leader. Underscoring his latter point was the appearance, on the same day of his column, of a much-blogged-about Washington Independent scoop showing photographic evidence of TeaParty.org founder Dale Robertson holding a sign saying: “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.” For now, in the absence of a clear, single standard bearer, the Tea Party movement remains aligned, if ten
ANALYSIS (Jan. 6) — In his latest New York Times column, conservative pundit David Brooks makes the case that the new decade will be “The Tea Party Teens,” as that movement’s radical-populist “brigades” now claim “all the intensity” that President Barack Obama’s supporters displayed in propelling him to the White House. Brooks cites a recent poll showing that independent voters approve of the Tea Party movement more than both major parties and says that what’s holding it back from becoming an even bigger force is its “amateurish” operations and lack of a true leader. Underscoring his latter point was the appearance, on the same day of his column, of a much-blogged-about Washington Independent scoop showing photographic evidence of TeaParty.org founder Dale Robertson holding a sign saying: “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.” For now, in the absence of a clear, single standard bearer, the Tea Party movement remains aligned, if ten
