My point is that the Democrats, RINOs and the MSM can use the term: TEA PARTY - as if it is an organized entity with State, local and national leadership with power players in DC.
The TEA movement is comprised of citizens who adhere to the Constitution. Many Americans don’t even know they are TEA people and the MSM is determined to keep it so.
Well, it is trending that way (as you describe in your first paragraph). Michele Bachmann heads the Tea Party Caucus, so she is definitely a Tea Party leader in DC. So is DeMint, who was so instrumental in getting some of these people elected. It is everything but a party at this point. But more powerful for not being an official party. It’s just us patriots.