Investor's Business Daily: Tea Party Turning Into A Tidal Wave

From the editorial board of the Investor's Business Daily:The defeat of Alaska's Lisa Murkowski by a little-known conservative lawyer is the latest evidence of a tidal wave building that may sweep aside an out-of-touch establishment. "We the people" won't be ignored....A more peaceful rebellion is now occurring across the country, and we believe it's a good thing for America. Considering the excesses of this administration and Congress and their abuse of power to the point of ignoring the Constitution itself, it's also a very necessary thing, an idea whose time has come.With her concession, Sen. Murkowski became the third incumbent to bite the political dust this season, joining Utah Sen. Bob Bennett and Pennsylvania party switcher Arlen Specter. The old argument about seniority and influence no longer flies among voters who increasingly believe, as Jefferson did, that government is best which governs least.Joe Miller, a 43-year-old Yale-educated lawyer, West Point graduate and Gulf War veteran, was a little-known Fairbanks attorney before he was endorsed by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express.The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, who knows a little about shaking up the establishment, has become a political power, riding and leading a wave of political discontent with the country's current direction that manifested itself last Saturday at Glenn Beck's "Restore Honor" rally on the National Mall. Palin is woman, hear her roar.Miller called for slashing federal spending while running for office in a state where federal money plays a huge role in driving the economy. As has happened around the country, the people are telling their government: Don't help us anymore; we can't afford it...Certainly energy-rich Alaska has fallen victim to the administration's war on fossil fuels. Vast oil reserves remain locked up in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, though a tiny portion only the size of Reagan National Airport in Washington would need to be developed. Murkowski was the most senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but it didn't seem to help.Offshore reserves in the Chukchi Sea have similarly been placed off-limits in the name of protecting a polar bear population that is thriving and not endangered. Miller has said he would work to get more federal lands into state hands where it can be developed. Saving the earth can wait; saving our jobs comes first....America was born through a popular uprising that didn't like taxation without representation. It may be reborn from an aroused people unhappy with both their taxation and their representation.You can read the entire article here.

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