Who Should Pay Attention to The CAUTION Sign?

The Primaries in a few states were held yesterday. I noted, with a great deal of encouragement, that there was one election in Pennsylvania that really counted. It was for John Murtha's seat in the House of Representatives. Rep. Murtha died a few weeks ago and the state needed to replace him for the rest of his term. The District has been Republican for some time now and voted for McCain in 2008 by almost 20 points. The Republicans were all set to take that seat away from the Democrats. That didn't happen! The Democrat took it by about 10 points, and that is at mid-term when everyone says that the Democrats are going to be weak.

The point of this essay is to figure out who it is at this mid-term election that should be afraid of the "TEA PARTY?" Who is it that stands to be the most damaged by this new challenge? I think it is the Republicans and here is why:

Rand Paul won the Primary in Kentucky yesterday on the Republican ticket over the pick of the Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trey Grayson. In his victory speech he mentioned the Tea Party nine times but didn't mention the Republican party once.

In Maine, at the Republican State Convention, the Republican Platform was defeated and the Tea Party Platform was inserted instead. That platform was passed by the Maine Republican Convention and became the new Republican platform for all Maine Republicans. That platform includes:
1. To reassert the principle that "Freedom of Religion" does not mean "Freedom
from Religion."
2. To return to the principle of "Austrian Economics." ?
3. To remove obstacles created by government to the private development of natural
gas, oil, coal, and nuclear power. (ie. Let's let them pollute as much as they want)
4. Rejection of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
5. Eliminate the U. S. Department of Education, and the Federal Reserve.
6. A declaration that Health Care is not a RIGHT, but a SERVICE.

The Tea Party in Utah has succeeded in their effort to oust the present Republican Senator Robert Bennett. Yep, they've taken over the Utah Republican Party too.

My advice is that the Republicans should look out for the Tea Party . . . they are out to make you obsolete.