Not since George W. Bush claimed "Mission Complete" has then been such an embarrassing overstatement of the facts as a recent Michigan news paper article stating "There's no denying the Tea Party's impact". The article goes on to attribute the recent wins by Republicans and a handful of "Tea Party" candidates as proof.
This is just like a conservative to only be able to see things through the very small prism that is the conservative world. To have a opinion and to find facts to support that opinion while ignoring reality.
The fact is, Republicans won because of the economy. This same thing happened to Reagan. Just because the Tea Party came into existence around the same time doesn't make them responsible. If the economy improves by 2012 all the Tea Party will do is further splinter the Republican party and then fade away to obscurity by 2014. The people who ran under the Tea Party umbrella were opportunists who couldn't get elected as Republicans. They will soon be assimilated into the Republican cult and any Tea Party activism will be beat out of them.
This self aggrandizing by the Tea Party only proves how uninformed the Tea Party really is.
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