Out of scandal and crisis, an opportunity is born.
Should any well-heeled Democratic donors wish to borrow a page out of the GOP playbook, here's what you do.
Obviously, there's going to be next to no scrutiny of Tea Party groups for a while. So... start one of your own. But instead of "Taxed Enough Already" as your supposed rallying cry, adopt "Tax 'Em Already" and advocate soaking the rich.
Trojan Horse 'em.
I mean, what red-blooded red stater wouldn't send a few bucks the way of "Alabama Tea Party Patriots for America" or something along those lines? Part the fools from their money.
If you want to cripple the GOP going into the midterms, this is how it is done. It's a stupid and crazy idea - but it will work because we're going up against stupid and crazy people.
Hoist them with their own petards.
Dirty pool? Maybe. But it'd be effective. You're not putting candidates on the ballot. You aren't creating a political party. You're merely running a social welfare organization aimed at separating the rubes from the money they'd otherwise be funneling to FreedomWorks.
And by creating that type of confusion, you may prevent at least some money from going to far-right candidates.
Is it disingenuous? You bet. But is it any more disingenuous than a corporatist front group calling themselves Americans for Prosperity?