Did the Tea Party win or lose?

[HisGrace]

I think the Tea Party was fundamentally about aesthetics. Like 90% of them didn't care about the issues, they just wanted candidates who acted like buffoons, whether it be a nativist authoritarian, a Paulite pseudo-libertarian, or a standard conservative. It's politics as pro wrestling. That's pretty much what the entire Republican Party is now so they won in terms of taking over the party.