It is a false premise to suggest that people would vote for the Tea Party if they act more like establishment Republicans who are similarly loathed by conservative base.
You have to be an opposition party be seen as an opposition party.
Nonsense again.
In safe red districts, cons would come out and vote for their tea party reps.
The losses will be in the Senate, once again rendering the House majority obselete because nothing will get through the Senate, thusly nothing to the President’s desk to force his hand.