It seems Democrats have short memories.
No... just you.
the outgoing Republican President George W. Bush was little more than a worldwide laughing stock, he left your country in financial tatters, angered fiscal conservatives at home and engaged in unpopular and unwinnable wars abroad. His time in office should have kept the Republicans unelectable for years, but fast forward into the middle of Obama's presidency and the country are desperate for them to get back in. Obama was elected upon an enormous wave of goodwill (not only in the U.S but elsewhere too) spreading the word about "change", but in record time he's managed to blow it.
If that was true, then the GOP would control the House & the Senate right now and they don't. As I stated earlier, historically speaking NO party has managed to maintain complete control of Congress for more than one session. A shift to the right, especially in states where people tend to vote Conservative was inevitable. That was reflected in the House of Representatives last night. However, with the Senate remaining in Democratic control (and Harry Reid managing to win re-election even after an approval rating below 30% in a state with the highest unemployment rate), these claims about our nation running back to the way it once was is bullshit. If anything, the playing field is more leveled off. The House & the Senate still have to play ball together and with no super majority in the Senate to prevent the minority party from filibustering it means that the gains Republicans made, beyond the usual played out ideological imagery, were predictable and rather futile. Stop making a mountain out of a mole hill.
In the context of recent history I would say 3 seats and a publicity campaign that has gone viral is a remarkable achievement.
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade.
The reason they're becoming popular is because they're listening to the public and offering them what they want, unlike Obama with his "nanny knows best" attitude.
No they're not. These politicians aren't listening to a damn thing. They avoid talking about the issues and do nothing but chirp rhetoric about fiscal conservatism & smaller government. Ever tried asking one of these Teapublicans about the specifics? About how they would improve the economy? Which programs they would cut? Beyond extreme ideologies such as privatizing Social Security and eliminating the Department of Education that will never happen, they don't say a word. That's because they have NOTHING to offer. But hey, as long as they keep yelling "lower taxes" and "stop spending" over and over again you can get the easily duped to believe you. Hell, most of them didn't even know what the minimum wage was but they were sure they wanted to lower or eliminate it!
Obama's two key mistakes were the miscommunication of the current administration's achievements and the fact that he tried too hard to work with people who vehemently tried to block everything going through Congress. The current administration has done major things to help progress the nation, especially for women, college students, families with children needing health care assistance, gays & lesbians, small business owners and war veterans. Alas, there wasn't a pretty catch phrase such as "lower taxes" or "stop spending" nor was their a false political movement attached to these actions.
The republicans needed the Teaparty to give them a kick up the ass, and it's worked.
The mass majority of Teapublicans were people who voted purely Conservative to begin with. In other words, the more extreme factions of an already existing party decided to play dress up and amp up their deflated fan base. The Tea Party is not and never will be a political movement. It'll never be its own political party. They will always run under the (R) because beyond their loud screams they are cowards who can't do anything on their own.
So yes I'll take that 3:0 thank you very much, I'm glad you admitted that you were wrong.
Considering there was at least ten candidates running for Senate under the Teapublican label and only three of them won, your 3:0 statistic is also completely inaccurate. Thank you for illustrating that you don't even understand your own arithmetic.
