Tea party leaves streets, hits political suites

[formerlurker]

Tea party leaves streets, hits political suites
Battlefield now Capitol Hill, state legislatures

The tea party protests and parades were much more modest this Tax Day, reflecting the grass-roots movement’s metamorphosis from the mass fist-waving demonstrations of the past two years to something much more precise and targeted — a political “smart” bomb that, for now, shows no signs of becoming a third-party movement.

Tea party activists, many now in office in Washington and state capitals around the country, are quietly targeting politicians and policies responsible for what they say have been decades of fiscal profligacy that threaten American living standards.

“The lack of demonstrations shows the battlefield has moved to the halls of Congress, where the fight is over what to cut, and the focus is purely on lobbying Republicans to keep charging,” said Nathan Mintz, Los Angeles County Republican secretary and South Bay Tea Party founder. “The battleground also has moved to the halls of state legislatures. In Wisconsin, the target is the public employees union, as opposed to unfocused outrage.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/20/tea-party-moves-from-streets-into-political-suites/

This is so encouraging to read.   We will never as a party get the levels of cuts we want or need at the federal level until we get our acts together locally.   Power and influence in the states will yield the results we want on Congress.

Most excellent. 

[RightCoast]

"It is easier to convince the Wrong People to vote for the Right Things then it is to elect the Right People in the first place."

paraphrased slightly because I didn't feel like looking up the exact quote...