Republican Defenders of Wall Street Beware: The Tea Party Is Coming

[florida08]

As the Senate vote looms on President Obama's proposal to hold the big Wall Street Banks accountable, Republican members of the Senate are beginning to wake up to a fearful possibility:

That the Tea Party's populist pitchforks may be turned against Wall Street and Republican Senators who defend the big banks.

Turns out that recent polling has shown that Wall Street bankers are almost as unpopular with Tea Party types as President Obama.

A recent Bloomberg poll found that while self-identified Tea Party supporters generally oppose "big government" they are more than happy to look to government to rein in Wall Street. What's more, almost half said that the government should do something about executive bonuses.

In fact, the upcoming vote presents traditional Republican defenders of Wall Street with a serious political problem. It's not just swing voters who could be alienated by their defense of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, CitiCorp and the like. Their votes could substantially diminish the enthusiasm of their base.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/republican-defenders-of-w_b_535287.html

LOL..go tea people

[Cresent City Kid]

1. You mean their Frankenstein is starting to turn on them?

Teabagger logic always reminds me of the scene in Monty Python's Holy Grail where they're about to burn the witch.

"If she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood."
"And therfore..."
"A witch!"