@dpworkin , if you can find me one example of a Tea Party organization endorsing anyone other than the Republican candidate – any – Republican candidate, including McCain, come November, I’ll believe you. They might say they’re pissed at Republicans, but they’re still going to vote that way.
And why would I discount them at my peril? Is it because most of the gun nuts are there and they might shoot me? They’re a conservative phenomenon, and I’m not a conservative. They certainly aren’t going to draw away any Democratic-leaning voters. They don’t want centrists in their movement, so they won’t have any influence on swing voters, either. After November, their movement will die out. I think it’s dying out already, judging by how they fared in the Illinois and Texas primaries.