A new Rasmussen poll clearly substantiates the power behind the "Tea Party Movement", and the effects it will have in future elections as well as opposition to bogus legislation.  A quick search of Rasmussen polls on tea party popularity shows a movement garnering momentum and a voice that can sway almost any outcome desired.  This is evidenced by the support of tea party candidates, which breaks down the support for Democratic 36%, Tea Party 23% and Republican 18%, assuming an election were held today.

The message is clear, but I believe is being missed by both Democratic and Republican parties.  The tea party patriots are not only angry at the current administration, and tired of government intervention in their lives, but also sick of politicians in general.  The continuing rhetoric is stale and ineffective, and politicians fall far short in ability to address the new breed of well informed Americans found at the impetus of this movement.  The new breed of American Patriot is often better informed than many of the politicians who lay idle claim to representing us.  Very few politicians have any business acumen and have never made a payroll, paid business taxes, met a premium on Workers Comp, liability, or malpractice insurance.  How could it even be remotely possible that these same politicians could actually represent our best interests?

It is no longer acceptable that we put in office a representative that possesses a silver tongue, a $400 haircut, or is the first to break the glass ceiling.  We have learned the hard way that the cookie cutter image is the very thing we should be vehemently rejecting.  The new breed of representative to Congress needs to pass a litmus test far more defining than popularity and the ability to say the right thing.  Before all the blame appears to be heaped on the hundreds of dirt bags that currently represent us, we need to accept full responsibility for putting them there, and vow to be more vigilant to ourselves and future generations.

The tea party movement is just what the doctor ordered, but the movement needs to continue to grow and build momentum at ten times the rate it has since its inception.  There are many groups out there that combine at protests and scheduled events that help to fortify the movement on the whole, but it troubles me that it is fragmented to a degree.  Talk of a third party concerns me, but the opposition loves it.  First let us hypothetically create this new party and call it "Tea Party" and have an election tomorrow.  Using Rasmussen’s numbers the outcome would declare the Democratic candidate the winner with 36% of the vote followed by the Tea Party candidate with 23% and the Republican candidate 18%.  Good showing by the Tea Party candidate compared to the Republican candidate, but a loss nonetheless to the very party’s administration we want out of power.

Prudent advice would be to not introduce a third party into the mix, but allow a more united Tea Party Movement vetting the candidates in spite of the party they represent.  An endorsed Tea Party candidate would have met all the criteria or core values mandated by a united doctrine of the Tea Party Movement, which would be avowed to by oath and signature.  This is my appeal to the various patriotic sites out there to unite under one mandated doctrine that is sworn to by any candidate running for office.  There can be millions of websites out there that rally around their patriotic cause and they will not have to give up any of their autonomy to agree on a common doctrine and force candidates to comply in order to achieve an endorsement by the "Tea Party Movement".  This would solve the potential dangers of a third party doing nothing more than watering down the vote’s cast.

The Tea Party Movement has already made history, and it continues to generate a momentum equal to or surpassing the movement I witnessed in the late 60’s and early 70’s.  There is no need to repeat the history of failure of third parties.  Lessons learned and good common sense practiced could result in a public voice calling the shots for government the way our founding fathers sacrificed much to accomplish.  Now is the time for all of today’s patriots to become selfless for the cause of the American people in taking back OUR government.