TomT: Tea Party Drove Many Off

Tom Taggart ( Gary Ingram: Tea Party keeps GOP in line ): At the very start of the tea party movement it was a more diverse group of people. That quickly changed as many issues unrelated to fiscal responsibility started to come forward. These very far right issues and supporters drove all democrats and moderate independents away. This idea that somehow the mainstream republicans are going to become liberal is ridiculous. The only way our more reasonable republicans could possibly look liberal is if you were standing on the far edge of a flat earth. There is no way the Tea Party is healthy or good for republicans.’

Question: Does the Tea Party still have clout in Kootenai County/North Idaho?