I can't help but draw some mental comparisons between the rise of the Tea Party here and the Reform Party in Canada some 20 years ago or so.
Initially dismissed by the political establishment on both sides, the Reform Party grew out of the messy demise of the Mulroney government and caused a huge rift in the Canadian right, eventually becoming more powerful that the Progressive Conservatives (yes, the name of the party actually contained the "P" word).
The Reform Party was eventually more-or-less absorbed into the previously-existing Conservative landscape. It's legacy is, imo, more about changing faces than changing policy. I'm not saying that'll happen to the Tea Party, but of course it remains a possibility. However, as has been noted, Canada and the US are "different beasts."
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