As more people get energized about the negative impact of increased government spending and government usurpation of individual decisionmaking, it is likely the pendulum will swing back. It will be interesting to see which individual and/or group can effectively harness the sentiment Rick Santelli expressed in his famous rant. There's no obvious leader of such a counter-movement: Many Republican Senators and Congressmen are compromised by their own participation in the spending orgy of the last 8 years. There also doesn't yet seem to be a grassroots organization that is doing fundraising and effectively puting pressure on vulnerable congressmen. There's a growing tide of dissent out there, and an organization that can use the net to harness it is going to be very powerful in 2010.
Anyone seen signs yet of an organized backlash?
Anyone seen signs yet of an organized backlash?