Here's more evidence that the passage of health care reform may weaken rather than strengthen tea party enthusiasm: the turnout at Tuesday's health care protests was smaller than expected.
As you can see in this video, even Fox was caught off guard by the tiny turnout:
Obviously, it will take some time for things to play out, but at least politically speaking, all indications are that the passage of health care reform could demoralize the Republican tea party base. It may turn out that their high point was the election of Scott Brown...who showed his gratitude to tea partiers by voting for the Democratic jobs bill. Maybe they should talk with John McCain and Sarah Palin -- after all, they do know something about peaking too early.
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