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At the beginning, many thought the Tea Party was like your daffy uncle. The one with the awkward manner, crude jokes, too loud at those holiday dinners.

Some underestimated the power of the Tea Partiers, their enthusiasm, their ability to win primaries.
 
Rand Paul was an aberration within the Republican Party, some said. But then came Utah, and Nevada, and Colorado, and Florida, and Alaska, and Connecticut, and New York and Delaware. All in all, the National Republican Senatorial Committee lost eight of its preferred nominees.

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