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The Big Bad Wolf.
The Tea Party will go down in history as
To be honest, they were very successful.
Much more so than the John Birch society.
They move the entire GOP far right. They also put their actual candidates into the congress.
They've been successful in turning people off to the American government, destroying decorum and making the debate much more base and vulgar.
Things that were once thought as unthinkable? Are now business as usual. They've exceeded the Dreams of Grover Norquist. So much so he basically is part of the "enough is enough" crowd.
The Tea Party has had no success in the federal government, nor can they have. This is because the Tea Party runs counter to the culture in the federal government. That is why they are viewed as "obstructionists". Everyone just sits around betting when the Tea Party will buckle to big government.
The Tea Party must focus on amending the Constitution through Article V to restrict the federal government by creating amendments to balance the budget and impose term limits. It is only then that the Tea Party can participate in the federal government.
The government shutdown, the sequester, and the fact that congress passed less than 60 bills are all evidence of Tea party success.