Is there anything worth following the Teabagrrrrrs for?

It is beginning to set in amongst some members of the press that the Tea Party "movement" is a mirage that attracts far more attention than its paltry numbers deserve. I wrote about this a couple of months ago in The Tea Party Delusion. It is more true now than ever, and it would serve the media well to acknowledge it and report accurately.

Polls show that Americans are divided on their opinions about Tea
Baggers. But the more interesting statistic is that more Americans have
either no opinion or have never heard of them at all. This finding is
consistent across most major surveys on the subject (all pdf files): NBC/Wall Street Journal: 48%; CNN/Opinion Research: 40%; CBS News: 69%; even Fox News/Opinion Dynamics: 44%.

Nevertheless, the media treats this ephemeral blur as if it were
a political tsunami. They apparently aren't reading their own polls.
The Tea Baggers Ball last weekend brought about 600 registered
attendees to the Opryland Hotel. The National Wild Turkey Conference
next week is expecting 40,000 at the same venue. Yet there are no news
networks camping outside the hotel salivating at the prospect of
interviewing turkey aficionados in Revolutionary War garb.

Like most Americans, I am more interested in talking turkey.