“The big question, of course, is how disruptive will this third party be?”
No, that question begs the proposition that the TP is in fact a third party. It’s not.
As I’ve said before, it’s just a silent killer. Of bribed and pork-voting congresspeople.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that glaring incorrect assumption.
I attended the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville this last Winter. One thing people were very keen on was *not* being a third party. People “get” the lesson of Perot.