Tim Fernholz says Tea Partiers will have to learn to work with long-standing members of the Washington establishment — GOP leadership.
True, the Tea Party’s enthusiasm drove Republican turnout and brought about Republican control of the House, but their extremism was probably the sole reason Democrats held on to the Senate. They gave Republicans more responsibility than before but prevented the mandate and power that would come with winning both chambers. The newly elected Tea Partiers who did make it will need to figure out how to work with GOP leadership, long-standing members of the Washington establishment.
