It wasn’t the Tea Party that lost the election, you old drunk - it was the Republican Party trying to play it safe by nominating a weak middle-of-the-roader who failed to secure the base of his party and who failed to articulate the core principles that the Tea Party strives for. The candidate lost because he was weak.
We’re going to win the Presidency back, you bourbon-soaked old fart, and when we do, you’ll be eating your hat.
It's not that simple. We ran Tea Party candidates like Mourdoch who rejected the GOP establishment and many of them didn't win. With some notable exceptions in deep red states such as Texas and Nebraska, at the statewide level the Tea Party candidates have tended to do extremely poorly. Disaster Tea Party candidates like O'Donnell, Angle, Buck, etc, probably prevented us from winning the Senate.
Demographics are rapidly going away from us. There are not enough productive white people moving to the Republican Party fast enough to offset ever increasing minority and dependent voters. Also we are losing younger generations by massive margins - huge majorities of these young people won't even consider the Republican brand because of our positions on social issues and a perception (mostly driven by the media and their Democrat allies) that our party is made up of a bunch of Akin types. It didn't help that so many social conservatives helped convince that idiot to stay in the race and hurt us all the way through. We laugh at the supposed "war on women" meme, but it worked well for the Democrats. We giggle at "the life of Julia", but it appeals strongly to single women voters (a demographic that is growing rapidly since fewer people marry early).
Our problems run deeper than the idea that we just aren't conservative enough. Gingrich just did a very good analysis of this and I'd encourage everyone to read it. If we don't change, no, we may not win the presidency for generations.
“...bourbon-soaked old fart”
Sam, forevermore I will know you by this name!