Gallup has the numbers, here.
30 percent of respondents supported the Tea Party in August 2010.
In August 2012 support is just 24 percent.
In the interim Republican operatives have worked to co-opt local chapters, assisted by Rush Limbaugh and Freedom Works in particular.
You know Rush Limbaugh, the guy who thinks President George W. Bush used the tax code to pander to the middle class.
Would Republicans have retaken the House in 2010 with 2012's level of support?
Just sayin'.
