I think the Tea Party's 15 minutes of fame are just about over

[mtnsnake]

What significance they once had is pretty much diminished. Considering that most of their significance was simply an illusion created by the media, it goes to say that they never had an ounce of credibility. The fact is, their act has grown old and stale.

The tea baggers probably don't even realize that they are the tools of rich corporate greedbags who have pulled their strings into doing some of their dirty work for the corporations, making total fools out of all the baggers in a pathetic experiment that is about to backfire upon them, upon the corporations that pull their strings, and upon the entire Republican Party. The teabaggers have been played and they don't even know it.

The morons that presently comprise the field of Republican presidential candidates are a direct reflection of just how hopeless the Tea Party really is. The fact that Sarah Palin is their darling tells anyone with a brain all they need to know about the Tea Party. lol

In the years to come, history will view all of those loud-mouthed, hate-mongering blowhards as little more than a short-lived pathetic bleep in the dark, nothing much more than a collective bad fart on society, a complete waste of time.

[WI_DEM]

1. It's been up for a long time, but not according to the MSM

[LiberalFighter]

5. The media is partly to blame for focusing more on them even though

they had low turnout at their events compared to competing interests.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. The tea party will be over when TPTB say it's over

They will continue to bankroll the teabaggers as long as it suits their purposes, pull the plug when the useful idiots are no longer useful, and bankroll more just like them when the mood strikes. The corporate media will give their undivided attention once again.

[BlueCaliDem]

7. EXACTLY. eom

[bluerum]

3. They wil be back to crap on anything they can.

[Cigar11]

4. No it’s not over …

As long as there’s Brown People in the world, their America will never be safe.

[BlueCaliDem]

6. Not if America's corporate media can help it.

They need these bozos to support their goal of turning this democracy into a fascist state. TeaBaggers are useful tools for the powerful and wealthy who HATE the U.S. Constitution and our Democratic Republic.

[WhiteTara]

8. Especially if the Koch brothers are indicted. nt

[Kurovski]

9. That's the key, I think. (nt)

If they cut off the funds, the party's over.

[FrenchieCat]

10. The Tea Party have enough votes in the House to stop anything and everything....

unfortunately for us, they aren't over until we get them out in 2012.

[Mr Deltoid]

11. They never really were significant

as a grass roots organization. They are a 'Top Down' movement. Top down movements are not organic. Bottom up movements, like you see in NYC, are completely organic and pure grass roots.

[JoePhilly]

12. Citizen's United makes them irrelevant going forward,

They just don't realize it yet.

No incumbent is going to go to town halls and get yelled at when they can use that time to meet with lobbyists who will run endless ads claiming what a great family values candidate you are, while also running endless ads claiming your opponent molests sheep.

The folks screaming at those town halls had no idea what they were screaming about or what the impact of the GOP was going to be.

Now, Fox news will slowly reduce their coverage to just enough to make the occasional noise, but not much more than that.

[Imajika]

13. Tea Party served its purpose for the Republicans...

Their brand was in the crapper after 2008 and they needed to create something new to keep their base fired up. The GOP is back to winning elections again. For establishment Republicans, what is left of the Tea Party is simply an annoyance now. The GOP will be happy to see it fade as they will want to promote a more moderate image for the 2012 election.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. NO

NO....we need those loonies alive and well until the election....for sane to insane comparisons

[enuegii]

15. The 'Baggers have done their job...

they have united the libertarian, fundamental religious, corporatist and MIC worshiping wings of the Republican party against Obama and any and everything Democratic.

So they are either done or here to stay, depending on you want to look at it.