In 2009, moderate Republicans were taken by surprise by the endurance and strength of the Tea Party.
According to Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson in Monday’s New York Times, the Tea Party saw an alignment of the party’s true believers with its older, more reliable voters
That has yet to happen with the Democrats and what has been described as their version of the Tea Party, the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America.
Capital Tonight discussed the comparison with Jack O’Donnell, managing partner of O’Donnell & Associates.
