"the Tea Party's impact on this election was bigger than anything or anyone else."

NYT's Blow: 'Too Many Liberals Just Want to Whine' newsbusters
...Despite Time magazine's decision to not name this conservative movement "Person of the Year," the Tea Party's impact on this election was bigger than anything or anyone else. This was evidenced Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) decision to pull the trillion dollar omnibus bill from consideration.

Even the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman recognized this nexis. As such, this movement's muscles are being flexed before most of its members are even sworn in...