Exactly.
That is why the distributed leadership of a grassroots movement is so important.
The Alinsky attack machine doesn’t work very well on a motivated, decentralized opponent. It only motivates them further.
A TEA party, as a political party, may not become the power that we all hope it would. But as a voting block, it would have a huge influence.
That's also my take. I hope the TEA Party party doesn't take hold and remains a "voting block". Once they get politicians involved, it will break up into power struggles and lose focus.