Really one of the key issues that the Tea Party has had is that it's candidates have simply not been serious candidates, and it is them who have primarily led to the 'extremist' depiction of the movement. Whether it be the questionable qualifications of Christine O'Donnell, an almost invisible candidate in Nevada or the endorsement of the infamous Sarah Palin it is the characters that front the movement that make them appear less the disillusioned and more the ignorant.
So here's a suggestion; next time use a range of faces to represent yourselves (i.e. disillusioned centre-lefts as well as those on the right) or simply don't have people as your representatives at all. The only way to truly revolutionise politics is to make it about policies and, less significantly, values rather than people and personalities.
And this phenomenon is not simply a conservative thing. It is clear that the personality cult that followed Obama has been one of his primary problems; with expectations outstripping ability.
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