[LS]

That's weak logic. First, the Tea Party supposedly is apart from the GOP so it should not b dependent on what any candidate is doing. Second the Tea Party was extremely active in getting Moudock nominated, and was active in the Steelman/Akin race, both of which were losses.

Third, some of the earlier successes have been regressing. Rubio is pushing the Dream Act, while Rand Paul has started saying some pretty un conservative things.

Cruz was a definite victory. But Jeff Flake is a serious step backward from Kyl. I don't' know if the Tea Party backed Flake but I assume they did as Palin did.

[ansel12]

and was active in the Steelman/Akin race

That was unclear, the tea party supported Steelman and not Akin, and one national group supported Brunner, so what portion was the problem?