I like how terrified of an actual conservative movement the left, and the media for that matter, are. Also, I hate when the people, who claim themselves to be tea party, treat it like another political party... Kinda defeats the purpose to me.
The only people who should be scared of the tea party is republicans. If they run candidates in coming elections it's going to steal votes from republican candidates.
I liked the tea party a lot more when it was full of libertarians.