What's Next for Middle America?

Mark Tapscott at The Washington Examiner looks at the 9/12 march in D.C. and looks at it in comparison to the 1963 civil rights march.

He gives several clues to politicians on both sides of the aisle. "Most Americans never were as gullible as you thought, they just didn't pay you that much attention. They are now, as never before. They no longer have an unbending loyalty to any person or political party in Congress or the White House. And they aren't going to be silent any longer."

Amen.

He quotes Shannon Love from the Chicago Boyzblog:

"Getting hundreds of thousands of kids, the professionally unemployed, and government workers to show up isn't that hard [especially if someone buys the bus tickets]. Getting two million middle-class, middle-aged people with jobs, careers, children and businesses is way, way more impressive. We can safely assume that for every individual who made it to the protest that there are dozens of people whose grown-up obligations prevented them from attending. That thought should keep Obama and Pelosi up at night."

Tapscott thinks the tea party organizers should come up with a seal of approval to be given to candidates from either party who pledge to balance the budget without tax increases. He also proposes term limits.

Although he says he doesn't think the Founding Fathers would approve of recalls, he says it's not necessarily out of line. I believe he's right. It will make people stand up and take notice. It puts these politicians on notice that if they aren't going to do the will of the people, they will feel the boot of the people.

The original editorial can be found here.