Dave Brat on Republican Principles

Is that John Boehner on the stretcher?

"The only problem with Republican principles is no one is following them."  

                                       

"If you go door to door knocking, the American people know the country is headed in the wrong direction."

                                          Dave Brat  

After Eric Cantor 'earthquake,' stunned House GOP seeks direction

Establishment Republicans are begging for life support! A good long rest in retirement is what they all need. 

Establishment Republicans Watch Out!

Bob Goodlatte is my representative. I like Bob. He votes pro-life and he's a decent guy. But he's been in Congress a long time and tends to be an establishment fixture. I think that's a great danger to freedom. Whenever anyone proposes a primary run against him you get the, "But Bob is powerful," speech. That doesn't encourage me; it makes me nervous. As they say, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So, frankly, I'm glad to see a primary challenger, Paul Bevington, even if he is inexperienced and lacks confidence in public speaking. Hey, that comes with practice. 

The fact that Bob Goodlatte and Eric Cantor face primary challengers is good news indeed. John Boehner has challengers as well. As a matter of fact, seven of twelve Republican senators face Tea Party challengers this year. One of the most interesting races will be in Texas where Sen. John Cornyn faces firebrand Congressman Steve Stockman. Among his bumper stickers in his last election was this flamethrower: "If babies had guns they wouldn’t be aborted.” Go, Steve! 

Even if the Tea Party candidates lose, primary challenges push Republicans to the right. And that's a lot better than being in the wrong. And one other thing is for sure. Despite prognostications from the "we wish it were true" faction of the Republican Party, the Tea Party is far from dead. Plenty of American patriots are sick of the status quo and establishment Republican wonks. They are political activists and they aren't afraid to be unpopular. When you consider that only about 20% of citizens favored the American Revolution, it gives you hope that maybe, just maybe we can take our country back! By the grace of God and the work of our hands all things are possible!

Red State: The Republican Schism

The Republican Schism by Erick Erickson

This article really struck a chord with me this morning because it exactly describes my political feelings at the moment. I keep sharing those feelings with the fundraisers who call asking me to support the National Republican Committee, the Virginia Republican Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, etc. ad nauseum. Well, the cash cow at the grass roots level is drying up for these establishment hacks. We're as mad as hornets. Erickson takes a look at the polls and comes to some interesting conclusion about the anti-establishment direction of Republican voters.  Here are a few highlights:

The real fight within the Republican Party now is between those who believe we actually are at the moment of crisis — existential or otherwise — and thereby must fight as we’ve never fought before and those who think the GOP can bide its time and make things right.

55% of conservatives want John Boehner replaced by another Republican. 60% of those who support the tea party want Boehner replaced.

Almost half of Americans want every member of Congress replaced. “Among Republicans and Republican leaners, a 52% majority say Congress would be better off if most of the current members were replaced,” USA Today reports. Likewise, a recent Pew survey showed that roughly a third of Americans want their own member of Congress replaced. Usually the polling shows people want congressmen replaced, but they like their own congressmen. Now, at its highest level in a very long time, people want their own congressman replaced too.

We have arrived at this point because the leadership of the party has fundraised off its opposition to Obamacare in two campaign cycles, but has never aggressively sought to oppose it legislatively.
There will be hell to pay because of it.

As long as the Republican Party is run by establishment groupies who use issues as strategy, but don't really care about the grassroots, we are done. They put on a good show (or a not-so-good show) of opposing the Democrats but are perfectly happy to capitulate at every turn as long a they can keep their comfy political seats. It's time for the peasants with pitchforks to rise up and foment a new revolution against the Washington, D.C. aristocrats!