
As we all know by know by now the tea bagger crowd is taking over the Republican Party.
In the recent NY congressional race the tea baggers purged the Republican candidate from the race for a Conservative Party candidate who ended up losing the race to a Democrat in a strongly Republican district that was held by a Republican for the last 17 years.
What this proved is that while the tea baggers may be big enough to push moderates and independents out of the Republican Party they aren't big enough to win an election.
Now the tea baggers are looking for their next targets and Scott Walker should be worried.
When it becomes more clear in the GOP gubernatorial primary race that Walker is a phony on taxes and spending, look for Mark Neumman to become the beneficiary in the primary and then the victim of tea bagger extremism in a general election.
In the NY congressional race it's important to note that Newt Gingrich supported the Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava. She ended up dropping out of the race the weekend before the election and got 5.5% of the vote.
Guess who Gingrich is supporting in the Wisconsin primary? Scott Walker.
While it may not be known to Gingrich, it won't be long before Walker's record on taxes and spending becomes known to the tea bagging crowd.
Take for example these facts Eye on Wisconsin has uncovered:
Walker Proposed Spending in HIS BUDGET for 2003: $1,100,274,125
Walker Proposed Spending in HIS BUDGET for 2010: $1,481,577,120
That is a 35% increase in spending since Walker has been at the helm. You can't blame that figure on the county board or anyone else since those numbers are Walker's from his own proposed budgets.
Walker Proposed Tax Levy in HIS BUDGET for 2003: $218,708,524
Walker Proposed Tax Levy in HIS BUDGET for 2010: $257,637,284
That amounts to nearly a $40 million increase or an 18% raise in the tax levy as proposed by Walker in his own budgets."
If you think that's a record of fiscal conservatism that will play well in a GOP primary race then you probably believe Glenn Beck is member of ACORN.
The tea baggers are looking for their next target and Scott Walker has a big bulls-eye on his back.