Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), the uber right-wing champion of the Tea Party, says they're here to stay because:
The Tea Party is just the tip of the iceberg of an American awakening of people who are standing up. They want to take back their government. It's not a matter of right or left or conservative or liberal.
Well, sure. Even though 79 percent of teabaggers are Republicans, it's not a matter of right or left or conservative or liberal, it's an awakening ... presumably of "real" Americans.