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Cantor, when he realized he was in trouble for being off campaigning for other party members, and NOT in his own district, launched a blizzard of ads against his opponent that weren't true...and he paid for itThe Tea Party isn't a political party. There is no structure or convention. It's just a loosely knit bunch of people who want candidates to pay attention to their constituents. If the candidate refuses to abide by the will of the majority the Tea Party tries to work within the system to get a better candidate. Just when the left thought the Tea Party movement was dead they took down an arrogant politician who thought he was immune from political pressure. The fact that the left thinks the Tea Party isn't "the way to go" indicates ignorance of the political system fueled by hatred.
It has structure enough to funnel millions into various campaigns and buy massive airtime on all media, someone has to be setting the agenda, do you even know who is telling you what to care deeply about?
No it doesn't. The left has been whining about political funding since the Supreme Court ruled that money = speech. The Tea Party spent practically nothing on the campaign to unseat Cantor. The structure concocted by the poorly written hastily passed "campaign finance reform" dictates how political funding is handled and it tends to favor incumbents. Violate it at your peril if you are a republican. Look what happened to Dinesh DiSouza.
The people called his bluff. He deserved it.