That being said, I watched the State of the Union as I'm sure many of you did. For the most part it was very typical of a State of the Union. It was filled with ideas about the future as always, but President Obama was also very humble in his speech. After losing control of the House in the elections He had to give on many issues and started speaking about that in his speech to the nation.
Nothing Obama said or anyone said for that matter really did anything that WOWed me. Obama gave his speech, and the opposition spoke about what was said or wasn't said like every other State of The Union. However, probably one of the most important things to have happened in American politics in a very long time happened after the speech.
The tea party, which to this point has been much of a joke and a gimmick, for the first time made me feel like they were legitimate. After the State of the Union Michele Bachmann a Congresswoman from Minnesota gave the tea party response to Obamas speech. Now what she said was of no real consequence and frankly I don't agree with some of what was said, but that is not the point. For the first time I felt like we truly are beginning to form into a three party system of government. Sure the tea party as of right now is just an off shoot of the right wing of the Republican party, but there are clear differences emerging between the two.
Our country was founded on a three party system and was never supposed to go to a two party system. The two party system has created nothing but stalemates and the inability for Washington to ever get anything done. With a three party system far more will get done because there is more likely to always be a majority when it comes to passing bills as opposed to stalemates.
Now Republicans say that because the tea party is an off shoot of their party that the two will cancel each other out and the democrats will take over, not so fast. Part of what is so interesting about the three parties is that with the introduction of the far right tea party the republican party gets rid of their ultra conservative base. Whats left over is a more moderate Republican party which I feel can pull support from more moderate Democrats. In the end you have a far left Democrat party, a far right tea party, and a moderate but right leaning Republican party.
I for one am pulling for the tea party. I don't agree with all their ideals but I do agree that by introducing a new party that is successful we will also allow room for more ideas and things to be accomplished in our government. Our great nation was a Republic that was founded and run as a three party system when it was first born. Why not go back to that system and see what can get done? It really can't get much worse in Washington than what they have turned it into.
