If the Tea Party wants to pick candidates then cut out the tease, incorporate as a for-real political party and nominate slates of candidates, local and national. Right now, the tea party is operating as an elitist top-down entity but without any culpability. Kinda like the Republicans only without the “ethics.”
Well, I think the Tea Party has had a huge hand in getting preferred candidates elected..don’t you?
As far as being elitist..not sure what you mean.