Tea Party movement in search of a leader

Have the revolutionary Tea Party sentiments that unseated 25 percent of the Democrats in Congress in 2010 simply vanished with a whimper? Supporters of the current administration would have us believe that this is the case. And at first glance, it seems they may have a point. If it is the case, then in all likelihood, President Obama is on his way to a second term.

The latest proof of the fizzling of the Tea Party is the special election just held in New York’s 26th District, in which a Democrat captured a congressional seat held by Republicans since 1970. Yes, the same seat held by legendary Republican tax cutter and reformer Jack Kemp.