Must the TEA Party squish into the mold of GOP RINOs?

Michael Gerson link

Gerson says that Republicans need to ask three questions of candidates rising on the tea party wave, with the first one being:

Do you believe that Social Security and Medicare are unconstitutional? "This seems to be the unguarded view of Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck and other tea party advocates of 'constitutionalism.' It reflects a conviction that the federal government only has powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution -- which doesn't mention retirement insurance or health care."

I insist, however, that Americans must put the federal government on task with obeying the law - if it is not described and delineated as a function of federal authority, it is not supported for federal involvement.

We must have this discussion, and all our favorite programs and projects must be on the table. The path back from federal activities in violation of Constitutional law will have to be taken carefully over time - with additional discussion as to how the states will respond to what their interests are if some programs or activities are supported by their electorates.

The fact of our political situation today is that it might be too late for such a reformation of Constitutional law: it might be a losing proposition in our sound-bite culture of high-dollar, white-collar lobbying and campaign financing political manipulation.

That is not for certain, however. The electorate is maturing because of the TEA Party, and the patriots leading this movement are not taking prisoners. Nor are they centralizing themselves into a monumental institution that can be bought and sold like modern brand name GOP/DNC politics in America.

TEA Party Patriots will march forward, and I am with them. The steps need to be ironed out: one of the first is to propose a new identity for the Republican brand name, one that its current franchisees, the RINOs in charge now, will abhor. We can take and form of the GOP a proclaimed Constitutional Republican Party, and insist that its leaders and candidates stand for Constitutional law.