Sure they do!
If they didn't get it, they wouldn't be having their childish tantrums and panic attacks - Which is exactly what Rove and Krauthammer are experiencing.
Nah, if they “got it” they would already be on board with it. They would have been welcomed with open arms even a week ago. All they had to do was recognize what the Tea Party is.
It is the Citizen class vs. the Government class.
If they had gotten it, they would have joined it. But they don’t see it for what it is. They don’t get it, and so now they are beginning to fear it. You are totally right, they are beginning to panic, and it is showing.