Why the ‘new elite’ don’t get Tea Party folks who are shaking up the GOP and America

Colorado has two eastern-born and bred Ivy Leaguers running for the U.S. Senate, Ken Buck and Michael Bennet, who are members of the "new elite" and don't seem to really get America or Tea Party folks. At least Buck has lived in a small town, Greeley, and has spent the last several years serving rural Coloradans as Weld County's district attorney. LINKS: The tea party warns of a new elite. They're right, by Charles Murray. Tea Party to the rescue, by Peggy Noonan. Tea Party members united in frustration over U.S. politics, by Mike Littwin. Gauging the scope of the tea party movement in America, by Amy Gardner. Tea party road trip: What the movement wants—and why, by Bill Donahue. Tea party takes seat at political table, by Scott Rasmussen  & Douglas E. Schoen.

1. And at least Buck opens his mouth when he speaks and doesn’t seem to be suffering from Locust Valley lock jaw like the insufferable Wesleyan, Bennet.

   Posted by Laura Victoria  on  10/24/2010  at  02:37 PM

2. That’s one way to look at it.

   Posted by Donald E. L. Johnson  on  10/24/2010  at  08:18 PM

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