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Harry Reid believes the Tea Party will disappear once the economy improves.  Some may think they've disappeared already, since we're not hearing much about them.  I suppose that makes sense as they wait to see how things turn out with the new Congress.  The question becomes what happens when (not if) the government doesn't do the things they want.  Will they still have enough power and spirit to change the course of the Republican primaries, and later the general election?  2012 will be for all the marbles, and the Tea Party could be a blessing or a curse for the right.

Here's an anonymous comment I got regarding a post last April.  The first part is clearly wrong, but some are still counting on the second part:

...the Tea Party is amusing and largely a marketing campaign made up by Dick Armey (another lie made up in Texas) which of course does not distinguish from most of the other successful (and unsuccessful) political campaigns of the last 50 years including Obama's legion of hope. That being said, the Tea Party rhetoric and nastiness is its biggest achilles heal. Sure angrying up the masses can make for good initial hits but in the long run it will exhaust and put off those are not ideologues (ie the overwhelming majority) Of course the Tea Party's greatest asset is the other side as they can turn off just as many (thats the long term effect of true believers).