Why the RNC blank check to the Tea Party?

by David Frum

On the FrumForum site, Dr Jean Howard-Hill of the National African American Republican Caucus points out the dysfunctional asymmetry of the Republican Party's relationship to the Tea Party. Yesterday the RNC issued a statement absolving the Tea Party of racism and praising them as wishing nothing more than a return to the principles of the Constitution.

Recent statements claiming the Tea Party movement is racist are not only destructive, they are not true. Tea Party activists are...