That is just plain silly! If you don’t believe in the Tea Party’s platform, that is okay, but to attempt to blame them for this loss is just idiotic.
Either the Tea Party ideals eventually win or we as a country fail. You can continue your tantrum or think of the future and join the eventual winners - as must happen or all is lost anyway.
Our problem is that the Tea Party people do not really believe in what they say. Take away any of their freebies and they turn real fast. My dream is to live in a country were people took care of themselves, but it will never happen. The American people have a monkey on its back, it is called entitlements.
The problem is, the local Tea Party functionary didn’t adhere to Tea Party principles. His ego was bruised, so he endorsed a far-left Dem running a false flag Tea Party operation.