The operative word is SAY. When the time comes action is what counts.
TEA got alinskied too hard, too fast - look how the the gop-e took down Joe Miller with their lizard-girl Murkowski practically having to run as a DemocRAT to keep her seat.
I hope we don’t look back on Cruz as the high-water mark of TEA, but rebranding - or nobranding, that can be attacked - nobody who plans to primary anybody in ‘14 can claim the TEA mantle without attracting assured destruction it seems.