I didn’t read the whole thread, so I apologize if my point is not new.
Have you noticed that many of the inspired neophyte politic Tea Partiers are not only white, but rather mature (not to say old?) The lady who sold Sarah Key products, the retired 66 year old woman who thinks it might come to a new civil war.

I can’t help but think that this might be not simply a matter of race, but of generation. I wish that was true, for in that case, we only have to seat aside and wait a few years for old age, bad health-care or, if we’re lucky, death panels, to bring an end to the Tea Parties.