Money quote from the Article:
“Ive taken it a step further: The IRS was taking the Tea Party out of play for the 2012 election,as it looked to avoid a repeat of 2010 and another Tea Party landslide.”
Rogue? Fox 19 has identified 6 people involved in IRS scandal and they all have DIFFERENT managers
The Decline and Fade of the Tea Party Nov 2011
But while the Tea Party undoubtedlyand unfortunatelyremains influential within the party, for a number of reasons it won't have the same driving, central role in GOP primary politics. Indeed, if 2010 was the year of the Tea Party, 2012 is shaping up to be the cycle in which the establishment strikes back
Democrats declare the tea party over Nov 2012
The 2012 elections have been the undoing of the 2010 Tea Party tsunami that crashed upon Washington. The Tea Party is over.