1) no im not
the tea party isnt one united group, and there's quite a bit of differing opinions from within it. Half of the tea party is neocon and the other half is staunchly libertarian, and the two factions think one another are nutjobs. (for example the tea party began as a libertarian/anarchist movement, and ended up wanting palin to run for office)
and once again, if you're implying that voters know nothing about the issue (which you seem to be if equivocating politicians can sidestep issues so well they never say anything meaningful) or that voters don;t remember simple things like breaking promises (obama said hed close gitmo), then you assume the average voter is uninformed.
either way, there is no conclusion to be reached, and even though i question the words relevance in this sense, it sounds cool, so i wil also say no catharsis will be achieved
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