Say goodbye to Republicans and hello to tea baggers

Think the Tea Party movement has eclipsed the Republican party from which it sprung? A new Rasmussen poll says you’re right, and that if the Tea Party was a full-fledged political party, it would overtake the GOP on the generic Congressional ballot. For the question “Okay, suppose the Tea Party Movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district,” the results were : Democratic 36%, Tea Party 23%, Republican 18%.