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America's Big Problem: The Washington Establishment The Washington Establishment's Big Problem

“ In 2010, the tea party movement struck the first blow to the Establishment by working within the Republican Party to elect limited government, constitutional conservatives. Because their aim is to return power to individuals and localities, the tea party is the only organic, grass roots movement in this country that is by its very nature subversive to the political Establishment and therefore to the culture of “The Bigs.” Since the 2010-midterm elections there has been a quiet war going on within the Republican Party between the Establishment and the insurgent tea party movement. It is the outcome of this war, rather than whether a centrist third party candidate will emerge, that we believe is the crucial factor in determining whether or not our country will be able to rid itself of the destructive culture of “The Bigs.” [...] The central question of this defining period of time in which we live: Will the Tea Party, with all its iconoclastic energy and goals, succeed in defeating the Establishment? For the country’s sake, let’s hope the answer is yes. [The Washington Establishment's Big Problem] ” Writing for RCP, Michael Needham and Tim Chapman have captured THE BIG IDEA in this article, and it makes me giddy. "Finding a middle road and going along to get along is how our nation ended up $14.8 trillion in debt. If the Republican Party were to live up to the opportunity it was given in the 2010 election, a third party would not be necessary."