Throwing the Tea Party Under the Bus

Kevin Drum wrote Throwing the Tea Party Under the Bus. About tea party demands to not raise the debt ceiling.


"In any case, I actually see this as a bigger problem for the tea party than it is for Boehner. Don't get me wrong: it's a huge pain in the ass for Boehner because, in the end, he'll have to defy the tea partiers and do what Wall Street wants — which, on the bright side, also happens to be the right thing to do. In the longer term, though, this is just another sign of the tea party wearing out its welcome. It was a handy force for rousing the voters in the 2010 election, but there's only so much idiocy that even Republicans can put up with. Talk radio is one thing. Fox News is one thing. For the most part, they talk big but don't actually demand that politicians commit suicide. Tea partiers, conversely, do want them to commit suicide, and if they get their way the only real result is going to be more Democrats in Congress and the reelection of Barack Obama. The adults in the party understand this perfectly well, and they're going to throw the tea partiers under the bus if it looks like they're seriously screwing things up for GOP hopes next year."

Let's hope so.