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Yet, that's not true of the population at large now is it. I understand the need to marginalize the tea party by pointing to the politicians from a tactical view. The problem is, the tea party is much larger than the 60 members in Congress, and it's not a party at all. The initial "tea party" wasn't using the word "party" in an political organization sense either.
I think you're missing my point.
Tigger said, "The problem with your theory is that it assumes Democrat=Liberal and Republican=Conservative. That's not necessarily true; especially on the Republican side." While this is technically accurate, the reverse is false as well. Consider:
Seems to me that conservatives are a lot more likely to be Republicans, and it's a left-leaning group in the Democratic party.