[Swordmaker]

The Tea Party is not an organization. It is a mindset. That mindset won.

[House Atreides]

“The Tea Party is not an organization. It is a mindset. That mindset won.”
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BINGO -— And that is exactly what Brat said. He’s smart to avoid applying labels to himself since day-to-day folks may have preconceived notions of what those labels mean. HE PRESENTED HIS IDEAS (which just happen to be Tea Party, constitutional conservative ideas) to the voters in his district and helped them understand those ideas. And that is what drove his victory.