It is far more likely that the Tea Party movement will end in the same way the Republican uprising of 1994 did. Recall that the new Republican majority in Congress then did not cut the budget, did not abolish agencies, did not end government regulation of anything, and did not cut taxes much less curb the power of the Fed. If this next round follows suit, the Republican elite will benefit from the energy and enthusiasm of naïve activists, but will trim and curb the anti-government agenda in the interest of “responsible governing.” The most we can hope for is a wonderful gridlock.

via The Killing and Reviving of the American Dream by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr..