If the U.S. government was a parliamentary system, Barack Obama’s Democratic Party rule would have collapsed by now with a vote of no-confidence. In our Constitutional system of fixed terms and elections, there may be no clearer sign of an impending political realignment then when a Congressional Majority Leader goes down in a primary defeat to an underfunded almost unknown opponent—college professor Dave Brat. Brat’s plain-spoken grass-roots campaign won by successfully connecting with average people and effectively communicating a clear and simple message of commitment to a balanced budget and a limited government with common sense limited priorities. Many pundits have declared the Brat triumph as a Tea Party victory.
