I think that point is that Glenn Beck did not get a half-million people to Washington. The Tea Party movement was around way before Glenn Beck was pushing it. Glenn reported it, promoted it, but it isn’t his movement.
Or is it now? That would be a shame, because the Tea Party movement was not about partisanship, it was about saving the country.
I agree with what you’ve said, but I guess I phrased things the way I did because everyone attacking Beck these days (with the exception of Levin) has had far, far less impact this year than Beck has, so it strikes me as anklebiting.