Time for a Tea/third party?

A recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll suggests that the Tea Party could become a
game-changing forcing in the coming years. According to the poll, more than 40
percent of Americans support the Tea Party movement, compared to a 35 percent
positive rating for Democrats and the 28 percent favorable rating for
Republicans.

Recent elections have taught us that third parties with an
easily identifiable issue constituency thrive when there is unhappiness with
the status quo. Increased social polarization over the declining economy,
open-ended war in Iraq and Afghanistan, America’s movement toward socialism (vis-à-vis
healthcare reform and economic bailouts) and trillions in national debt could
create a perfect-storm scenario resulting in a string of Tea Party candidates
gaining office around the country.

With the Democrats expanding government without a conscience
and the GOP effectively shedding all adherence to fiscal responsibility, the
time seems ripe for a new party — one that actually trusts the American
populace to govern their own lives. Don’t look now, but that sound you hear
could be the ground shaking beneath the feet of the two-party system.

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