Ok.....I understand your wanting more organization to the tea party org. but I am not convinced they should go further than this federation issue they are now stating, if even that....once truly organized it would be an easy thing for some group or persons to call it their own, especially as the election draws nearer.
I do think though that the tea party movement has accomplishments thus far....the GOP is certainly taking notice as well as candidates who are running. They all would hope to have the tea party in their court. This does make them a “politcal” force of influence.
So what do you think they could accomplish as a “political” force that they are not already doing?
A couple of things. First, they are not doing a good job of directly explaining to the general public what they're protesting about. All that "normal folks" see -- if they see anything at all -- is a bunch of people on TV, yelling and waving signs as a backdrop to whatever the reporter is saying. What that says, is that the MSM are filling in the vacuum with their superficial and slanted opinion.
So on that one I would suggest an ad campaign at a national level, focused on two or three (no more than four) Big Ideas, chief among which is the insane deficit. Obamacare is an obvious target, but the message on that one needs to be very, very carefully crafted -- one approach can certainly focus on the "hidden gems" in this plan that nobody understands.
The second area is as I noted before: it's not enough to be against. The movement (and Conservatism in general) needs to lay out a set of clearly-communicated ideas that can be transformed into solutions.
All of that takes coordination and resources that can really only be accomplished at a national level.