The tea party isn’t dead
When the tea party movement burst onto the scene nearly three years ago, conservatives did something unheard of: they took to the streets! With the federal government in the midst of an unprecedented power grab in the form of the bank bailouts, auto takeovers, and Obamacare, hard-working conservatives could no longer afford to be apathetic about the country's direction. And in the movement's first election, the 2010 midterms, the tea party scored impressive victories in races across the country, despite significant disadvantages in both dollars and organization.