Arianna: Don't Overinterpret The Midterm Election Results (VIDEO)

There are only 600 registered members of the Tea Party nationally, & what they actually are is the Republican base that gets activated before every election. Any teabaggers who happen to get into office will be controlled by the Republican leadership in the Congress, won't have any kind of institutional power in office. And like Scott Brown, should any get elected and want to keep getting elected in elections to come, they'll move to the left. They're really not a "growing movement" any more than Republicanism is growing -- They're the Republican Party. They're not any more conservative than the party's been for 30 years.



No matter what the outcome of this election, Obama will spin it as a mandate for continuing a pro-corporate, anti-populist agenda. The TeaParty is an effective nemesis for him, but in fact, they're toothless. A paper tiger.
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