As Gideon Rachman notes in the FT this morning:
The Bachmann-Tea Party diagnosis of America's problems gets things the wrong way around. The problem, as far as they are concerned, is corrupt politicians — and the solution is the constitution. In fact, if the politicians were operating in a better designed political system, they would probably do a much better job.
The Tea Party venerates the constitution while despising the political system it has produced. But logic and fundamentalism rarely go hand in hand.
Which is why the Tea Party are quite so scary: just suppose they did get the Republican nomination and won? Is anyone building a plan for what we do in that case?
Black Swans have to be considered after all - and this one isn't even black - we know it's possible which means it's white.
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I think if the Tea Party wins in 2012 it’s the end of US democracy as we know it. 1776-2012. RIP.
Very very reminiscent of the rise of fascism/nazism post World War One. Vorwaerts Mit Bachmann!
Do Not Panic in large friendly letters.
If the TEA party won the Republican nomination the Democrat nominee would be sure to win (even Hillary Clinton). The registered Democrats far exceed registered Republicans and very few independent voters support the TEA party. Just look at the Alaska election where the moderate (or, at least anti-Palin) Republican beat the TEA party/Palin-backed official Republican on a write-in vote. Most TEA party candidates lost – in fact they handed control of the Senate to the Democrats by doing so.