Donna, you're proving my point. You said they "will show up and vote against Barry".

Who could they possibly vote for? I asked who could be a viable 2012 challenger.

I'll grant you there's a lot of anger out there - there wouldn't be even a SHADOW of a Tea Party movement if there wasn't. But who can step into that void where the opposition is supposed to be. There's a lot of "we're against <fillintheblank>" but nothing in FAVOR of anything.

This is where the '94 GOP had a masterstroke. The Contract With America gave 10 simple principles that someone could sign their name to. There was a lot of publicity over it - the Democrats initially ridiculed it and that ridicule made voters even angrier.

We need another one of those. There isn't another Ronald Reagan out there, not that I can see anyway. But a declaration of principles might be a good second choice.