E.J. Dionne: "The tea party was less the wave of the future than a remnant of the past."

[kpete]

From EJ...

"Their Republicans attempts to demonize President Obama and undercut him by obstructing his agenda didn’t work. Their assumption that the conservative side would vote in larger numbers than Democrats was wrong. The tea party was less the wave of the future than a remnant of the past. Blocking immigration reform and standing by silently while nativist voices offered nasty thoughts about newcomers were bad ideas. Latino voters heard it all and drew the sensible electoral conclusion."

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[RegieRocker]

1. It was not one minute particle

of the future it was and is only100% of the past.

[pampango]

2. "Blocking immigration reform and standing by silently while nativist voices offered nasty thoughts

about newcomers were bad ideas."

The tea party was a remnant of our nativist past:

The Know Nothings of the 1850's;
the republicans of the 1880's and 1920's;
the conservative immigration reductionists of the late 20th century.