His message, which is the message of the Tea Party movement, is simple: Enough with big government, return to limited constitutional principles, bring fiscal sanity to D.C., and reign the GOP back to its principles.
As James Madison remarked in The Federalist Papers
, # 49:“If it be true that all governments rest on opinion, it is no less true that the strength of opinion in each individual, and its practical influence on his conduct, depend much on the number which he supposes to have entertained the same opinion."Ultimately, our government rests on public sentiment. The more we realize our common preference for freedom and the limitations on government power that are vital to protect that freedom, the sooner such sentiment will echo inside the insulated halls of Capital Hill.
Buck has taken the first step in echoing the grassroots voice in the GOP. The next step will be carrying that sentiment to the senate.
