In Bill Keller’s editorial he takes a look at the Tea party and weather or they have lost their gusto and have a presidential candidate that they can get behind. He examines the many front runners and takes a close look at who he feels has the best chances of gaining the tea party vote, Texas governor rick Perry. Keller argues why Perry would be an ideal pick for the tea party through his sometimes extreme conservative stances such as his views on abortion and gay marriage. Perry’s ability to minimize government in Texas is also a reason why many tea parties would gladly get behind Perry. Keller also highlights some reasons why the tea parties may not have a candidate to get behind this year in Perry. Perry’s stance on allowing children of illegal immigrant to receive in state tuition and his continuance of taking federal aid may not be something the Tea Party thinks highly of.
Bill Keller is an op-ed writer for the New York Times, he also writes for the time magazine. He has been an executive editor for 8 years. The article is focused at people wondering what happened to the great fire the tea party had and who if any of the GOP candidate’s represent their ideologies. Keller’s editorial is clearly not intended for Tea Party members and some other hardcore conservatives. Some of the things that engaged me in the article were the in-depth look at the candidates and why none of the tea Party members are speaking highly of the two main candidates. Keller’s view on the Tea party candidates or lack thereof is pretty agreeable in my opinion. With the multitude of GOP candidates the Tea Party has no clear way to go, which seems to be splitting their vote when it comes to picking a candidate.
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