All revolutionary leaders have the problem of being killed by their own revolution. It is the classic problem of riding the tiger— how do you get off safely?

Obama and Plouffe wisely decided that getting control of the sans culottes of the left was safer. After all Obama did not want to replicate Robespierre ending as victim at the guillotine of his own revolution.

Maintaining control of the most active elements of your fringes is hard to do, like herding cats. The characteristics that make activists good is their passion which if leashed do no harm or good. But the passions will need an outlet so they will endeavor to slip off the leash.

GOP had pacified their activist’s elements into sublime passivity and so the base failed to turn out to vote in 2006 and 2008 allowing Obama to win.

With the tyrannical mandates coming from Washington the Conservatives passions are again aroused. But having been betrayed by the profligate leaders of the GOP whose main concern is maintaining a small grip on power. The conservatives have morphed into The Tea Party and have persuaded many Reagan democrats and Independents to their cause.

NY 23 with its unique conditions was the perfect small war of the Tea Party against the quislings in the GOP.

They rallied behind a businessman who was also energized to run that was endorsed by the fiscal conservative Club for Growth, a proven group that promotes conservative positions and candidates.

Armey has been a power behind the Tea Party’s activities this summer providing experience and guidance, so he endorsed Hoffman.

The Tea Parties had an obvious choice as a leader in Palin, a known politician who is willing to attack corruption in the GOP in order to clean house before going for the leadership position as a candidate.

Palin’s pattern has been to push for clean up from outside the power structure and she did that again this summer by resigning from the Governor’s position. Palin has from past experience quit rather than be hamstrung by the conditions of office.

Palin foretold that she would campaign for conservative candidates regardless of party affiliation and that is exactly what she did.

With one well-written endorsement from Facebook, Palin again demolished the dynamics of the situation just like she did with “death panels”.

Dede was shown to be exactly what conservatives accused her off, of being a Democrat in Republican clothing or a RINO.

The lesson is that the RNC better pay attention to the principles that the conservatives and the Tea Parties have been espousing and if they don’t the RNC will lose support both politically and financially. Many conservatives have been saying they will refuse to donate to the GOP but rather will pick and choose their candidates.

The conservatives have been more like a herd of cattle passively grazing and now they are spooked by Obama and in a stampede. The GOP needs to either get out of the way or direct the stampede.

Palin has shown she will get out in front and direct the stampede and take the chance of being run over rather than being a follower. Pawlenty, Romney, Huckabee failed the leadership opportunity and will be relegated to followers by the herd.

Palin’s power has been demonstrated and she is coming to a campaign race near you is the message.

Next stop is Rubio versus Christ and Perry versus Hutchinson.