it was party, based on what they saw as a far-right "grassroots movement" called the Tea Party. they chose the strategy to completely go against democrats to t

it was party, based on what they saw as a far-right "grassroots movement" called the Tea Party. they chose the strategy to completely go against democrats to try to deprive them of any victories, in order to keep the population angry ("congress can't do shit in the worst economy since the great depression") and use that anger to sling shot back into majority control the funny thing is the Tea Party is partly artificial it will be interesting to see how this plays out for the rest of the year, especially when people notice that massive balls of communist fire aren't raining down on the nation