Christine O'Donnell forces conservatives to recommit to their Original Intent.

Christine O'Donnell lost ground to her Marxist/Progressive opponent - dropping from a 53 - 42 split to the current 54-39 percentage, released this morning. Should "we" reconsider her selection? That is the question being asked. We cannot think of a more unreasonable query. Understand that O'Donnell was selected by the people in a GOP primary contest.

Updated note: it is not clear that the above numbers came from Rasmussen. If not, we are not looking at an accurate polling result. Stay turned.

TEA party folks must never lose sight of what was accomplished in that primary vote. Mike Castle was kicked out of party politics, at least for a season. Conservatives have been saying, "If you have to compromise fundamental principles to get elected, join the Democrat Party - get out of the GOP." Whether Christine O'Donnell wins the Senate seat or not is beside the point. "We" must not fear offering the people a choice. Principle (not specific policy) is much more important than winning an election. Those who disagree (Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer as most recent examples) are not fully committed to the founding principles of this country, period.

Understand that this attitude - as just expressed - puts pressure on the conservative driven GOP to actually come up with real solutions. For example: ObamaCare promised to reduce monthly premium costs. It did not - and it has already failed in this regard on several levels; corporate health care costs have risen substantially; union costs will rise beginning two years from now (they were given a brief reprieve in exchange for their support); and individual/family costs have already increased, as well, with two substantial increases yet to be levied. The question is this: what is the GOP going to do about this particular problem? During the '08 campaign, the McCain solution was to offer a $5,000 tax credit for a family of four. For folks that actually work AND pay income taxes, this is might be the best solution, but, half the nation does not pay income taxes at all. What to do, what to do?

It is not the point of this post to solve the healthcare problem. Rather, we want to make it clear that, while the Progressives have solved nothing, the conservative side of the aisle has yet to offer a realistic and comprehensive healthcare solution. We should not forget that the TEA party movement has serious issues with BOTH political parties.

Where to begin?

First, a decision had to be made regarding which political party best met the philosophical agenda of the TEA party. The general decision has been "the GOP." Why? Because the Democrat Party is full of radical leftists who care nothing for the US Constitution as it is currently written.

Secondly, general agreement within the TEA party movement needed to be outlined. "Smaller government, seriously; reduced or balanced budget spending and returning political power to the states" are three of the issues believed by nearly all TEA party folks.

Thirdly, if the GOP is the "base" party for "Constitutional conservatives," a certain "reconstruction" needs to be effected within that party, ala the events of this GOP primary season with more changes coming in the next national election. A conservative listing of victories and important contests includes Scott Brown, Joe Miller, Governor's O'Connell and Christie, Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal, Sharron Angle vs Harry Reid, Carly Fironia vs Barbara Boxer, Ron Johnson vs Russ Feingold, fiscal conservative Meg Whitman versus Jerry Brown, and Christine O'Donnell versus Mike Castle (THAT was the contest that really mattered to the neo-conservatives known as "the TEA party").

This editor is a working member of a local TEA party in Fresno, California. Our regular monthly business meetings - I say "business meeting" - bring in 350 to 620 folks to each meeting. We have thousands attending our "demonstrations" and the interest is increasing. Everyone understands that this is a "long haul" affair.

Point of post: to reconfirm the purposes of the TEA party movement. We are much more about returning to the lost foundational principles upon which this nation was built than we are about winning elections. That needs to be kept in mind when specific elections do not run our way.