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Why The Populist Right is so Prone to Con Artists

When the Tea Party Movement started in 2009, it began a political realignment on the right. Conservative voters cleared their eyes from eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency. They realized that Republican politicians had failed them on all their basic promises while Democrats were moving the country into uncharted spending levels and government intervention.

In a swift four-year period, Democrats would lose nearly 70 House Seats, 14 Senate Seats, 8 Governorships, and almost 1,000 state legislative seats. Most of these were in conservative regions of the country, especially in the South and Midwest, that had long voted Republican for president and Democrat down the ballot.

The rallying cry at the beginning of that movement was simple: repeal Obamacare, reduce spending, and cut taxes.

What they got was a mixed bag of results.