Why did the Tea Baggers drop their Republican affiliation??

By and large, they support the Republican Party. So why did they feel like they had to divorce themselves from the Party label?

Were they angry at George W Bush and the Republicans for running up such a huge debt? The debt and deficit seem to be their main cause for dismay?

Or did they have intentions of forming a truly independent Third Party? Was Dick Armey to be their Chairman?

Now, they pretend they are angry at the Democrats? Of course, if they had not been angry at the Repubs, there would have been no need for them to change their Party name, right?

Now, they hold hands with the Republicans and compete to see who can come up with the best anti-Obama slogan or epithet. They have a lot of experience with homemade signs but their spelling is still lacking.

So, can we assume that they are back in the good graces of the Republican Party? Their ill will toward Bush and the Republicans was just a little tirade of a fit?

And they will be out in force to vote for the Republicans come November?

Or will they change their stripes again before the November elections?

bet they don't, but of course the Democratic voters will be more than happy to go vote for a 3rd party in the General while the Teabaggers vote Republican. So much for the reality based community.

Though people I know on anonymous web sites who claim to be Democrats say otherwise.

Go, figure ...

Don

Democrats. I know several who have recently gotten totally fed up with the way the party leadership has done things and now with Goddard seemingly whimpy on SB1070, people with 40, 50 years of being a Democrat has switched to no party preference. I would bet these people will vote for Democrats in the General, but only because as weak as Goddard is acting (over 20% lead for Brewer) he is still better than Brewer and there isn't a real 3rd choice.

come to the big party masqueraded if they wanted any chance at all of regaining political power.

it's all about the branding

Seriously, Bush had an approval rating* in the high twenties when he left office. I'd call myself something else if I were a Republic too.


*only approval for the Yankees in New England and Venereal Disease polled worse that year.