If you stand back and look at this...it’s more of a ‘movement’ than a ‘party’.
You’ve got a group of mostly independents, a fair number of Republicans tired of their party, and then a small number of Democrats who are flatly dissatisfies (note: in southern states...this group is larger than the media thinks).
They will end up influencing not only the senate and house elections in November...but they could also influence the state elections as well (meaning the census count and redrawing of districts will be influenced by the tea movement).
I wish my district would be re-drawn. It includes right of center Tampa but convolutes ti include far left black population centers of Manatee and Pinellas county. This makes it “safe for a Socialist”.