The stalking horse is the one who gets all of the blame. The person using the stalking horse almost always gets the credit. Being a stalking horse is generally highly risky. The only reason to use a stalking horse is so you can leave the stalking horse "hanging in the wind" if necessary. ("Hanging in the wind" is an Agnew quote.)
Republicans are setting the Tea Party up to take all of the blame for the deficit budget raise the credit limit mess. No matter what happens, unless the debt ceiling is raised without changes to Social Security and Medicare, the Tea Party is probably history.
I agree with many in the Tea Party on legalization of marijuana. A libertarian in the Tea Party has already joined in introducing HR 2306, which will make marijuana an issue for the states, like alcohol.
I strongly suggest to the Tea Party that they trade being reasonable about the debt ceiling for votes to legalize marijuana.
The political life they save will be their own.
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