Now we're a guerilla movement?

Politico seeks to explores the Tea Party impact on elections :

In last month’s Illinois primary, tea party favorite Patrick Hughes won just 19 percent against GOP Rep. Mark Kirk in the Senate primary, while gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski, who aggressively sought the support of tea party activists and won high praise from conservative outlets like RedState.com, finished a distant fifth place in the Republican contest.

We are working for the candidates of our choice. Every race that brings about real debate is a step forward for our cause.

In the case of Kirk, we pulled him back to the center, persuading him to repudiate his leftist vote on the massive cap and trade tax. That is one reason why many of us supported him in the primary, and will in the general election as well.

RedState and St. Louis, Mo bloggers may have gone for Adam, but Illinois conservative bloggers were split. The governor's race was a crowded field with 3 conservatives splitting the vote. One of them still won, edging out 3 other moderate to mushy Combine candidates.

As for Tea Partiers opposing Ron Paul, well some support him.

The point is, it's a movement, not a party. And in that sense it's not "split". Individuals are making their best judgments on who best represents their primary concerns of limiting government, stopping the insane level of spending, and putting an end to all the porky and corrupt deals in Congress. And the White House.

Some may support an incumbent, others may run themselves. Many want to just throw the bums out. That's democracy for you.

We're not the ones wearing Che t-shirts, those are the other guys. (And we're for real.)