A Look At Today’s Tea Parties: Is An Impact In The Bag?

So how did they do? What happened and what does it mean for the GOP?

Blogs of each side are weighing in and some are covering it in depth. Here’s a look via Hardball of the views of the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson and the Chicago Tribune’s Clarence Page:

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The bottom line: GOPers will say it was the greatest event since the FIRST Tea Party and Democrats will call it a flop, but as Robinson notes it does suggest the seeds are there for Republican populist expression, providing it doesn’t go overboard (no pun intended). The Secret Service became skittish in Washington. The main question, though, is will there be a GOPer who will soon emerge as the party’s face and new de factor leader?. Talk show hosts who say they want the current President to fail don’t win independents or skeptical Democrats.