Tea party retools itself, pushing Republicans toward more strident conservative positions

Tea party retools itself, pushing Republicans toward more strident conservative positions:
FORT WORTH — For much of the past year, things looked bad for the tea party: Polls showed little new interest from voters, and its favorite presidential contenders flopped in the face of Mitt Romney, who was denounced in the movement. But the final days of the Republican Senate primary runoff here suggest that the tea party may be reshaping itself into a political operation with long-term viability.
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