Tea Partiers Turn on GOP Leadership

Interesting story at Politico. Having been involved with both the tea parties and GOP leadership, color us unsurprised:

While the energy of the anti-tax and anti-big government Tea Party movement may yet haunt Democrats in 2010, the first order of business appears to be remaking the Republican Party.

Whether it’s the loose confederation of Washington-oriented groups that have played an organizational role or the state-level activists who are channeling grass roots anger into action back home, Tea Party forces are confronting the Republican establishment by backing insurgent conservatives and generating their own candidates–even if it means taking on GOP incumbents

Read the whole thing here.