i think it's absolutely true i mean you know in the short term the tea party is great for the radical right wing part of the republican party you know people like sharron angle ken buck in colorado carl palatino here in new york but it's been bad for moderate republicans you know people like charlie crist in florida lisa murkowski in alaska because of that it's going to destroy the republican party long term there's no path to fifty percent of the electorate in states and districts for any of these tea party candidates in a normal election year so it's going to ultimately be bad for them but let's face it it's done what organizations like freedom works in american prosperity intended to do with the tea party and that is rebranding a dead republican party image it's done that very successfully you know republicans were only at twenty percent favor ability after the end of the last election so from that standpoint it's been a success but it's going to come back to bite them when you think about that phil i mean because a lot of people would say this is we've seen these movements before

make no mistake, this has been a big night for the tea party. ld not have had a successful season without the tea party support. according to a cbs exit poll 40% of the people who voted tonight said they are tea party supporters and 21 said said they are strong supporters of the tea party. john mechler joins us, president of the tea party patriots. you have been on the road for two weeks. what's this moment mean like to you? >> this is incredible. this is the starting point. we're just getting started. it feels great, everyone is celebrating but the real work starts tomorrow. >> reporter: i heard someone say from the podium that the republican party are on probation. >> that's a nice way to put it. they have a long track record of doing the wrong thing. we intend to hold their feet to the fire starting tomorrow. >> reporter: katie, that's the mood here at this tea party event. they're pleased but they still see that work has to be done and they want to hold the republican party accountable now that they're back in charge. >> couric: byron pitts.

the final headline max wall street tea party the twelve leading tea party senate candidates have accepted over four point six million dollars in campaign contributions from wall street for the upcoming for the. these elections pat toomey collected one point two million dollars jim de mint who with the financial times calls the head basically of the tea party in in the senate marco rubio from florida and so now it looks like the same there well the tea party are for hire i mean they'll go in they'll get in the way of any populist movement to restore power down to the citizens at the base level of the citizenry and they as a for karl denninger the entire tea party you notice that we're talking about oligarchs who replaced the word charity with cake let them eat charity is let them eat cake let them let them eat charity ok this is what they're talking about let them have a little charity slash cake and of course if you talk about cake and eat a little tea to go there your tea party goes with the cake so these are the same roylance they all sit to the right of the monarch the tea party sits t

christine o'donnell in delaware who lost tonight by 17 points is a tea party candidate. someone who never would have been nominated by the republican party if the tea party movement hadn't come along. so, they've given a lot of energy to the republican party but have also produced a lot of candidates who really can't take advantage of this climate. obviously, you know, great night for republicans, but, you know, if the tea party had been a little more flexible in some of these primaries, it could have been better. they conceivably could have won the senate, i think, without the tea party. >> really? okay. thanks so much for your insight. we do appreciate it. >> sure. >> we'll be right back with more election 2010 coverage. this is the "cbs morning news." may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while

the tea party -- because it's been branded tea party as kate said is not a party. it's a movement of frustrated voters that tea party people seem to speak for. in similar ways that barack obama got put into office because of all the antibush and anti-iraq, this is a very similar group of people that don't always speak for the majority out there but represent

not, i'm not quite clear and to have a -- what are the two strands and are the leftwingers in the tea party are they different kind? >> guest: they are with the call the coffee party. what they are is people who would agree with a critique of the tea party movement that washington is corrupt and serving big business and what we need is more regulation, more government, probably more redistribution away from the wealthy and powerful to ordinary people and they would argue that that was morally, economically and socially just and fair and the bonuses in the bailouts are a egregious violations of the norms of american society and we should take those bonuses and benefits that can from the bailouts away from the corrupt elite. so the same analysis, different conclusion from the tea party movement. much smaller, however. >> guest: there's a couple other things. because there was the movement on the left and the right, there is a sense of lack of legitimacy of the government only 21% who believe the government today has the consent of the government. second thing is the populist wing on the left

group, the tea party express. in nevada and just wrapped up yesterday in new hampshire. but as chief national correspondent byron pitts reports, the tea party is just getting started. >> reporter: edison, new jersey. with caffeine in their veins, their marching orders in hand, these tea party patriot foot soldiers spent the last few months here in search of converts. >> are you ready? >> reporter: like all tea parties, they're energized by goals of reduced federal spending, smaller government, and free markets. in the last year, they have taken their message door to door in neighborhoods across the country. according to a cbs news exit poll, 41% of voters support the tea party, which is actually not a party at all, rather a movement by people united by outrage over the rising federal debt and spending. >> thank you so much! >> reporter: a potent force is the tea party express which promotes and funds conservative candidates boasting about 400,000 members nationwide. but the largest national tea party organization

rushdoony and is now promoted by gary north who is ron paul's informal strategic advisor on the tea party movement and other people around ron paul like howard phillips who's the head of the constitutional party and mcguinness who's the head of the john birch society all these guys have brought in this kind of christian reconstructionism that america was founded as a christian nation and the constitution and all laws ought to be based upon biblical law. and that's the reason why these candidates now i christine o'donnell will talk about well the separation of church and state is not in the constitution well those consistent words aren't in the constitution but this that women clauses and they brought into this reconstruction this interpretation of america as a christian nation and that's why they spend what they do it's that the media can't see beyond these people they're not kooks they're not extreme but they're not kooks they're not idiots they have a completely different ideology and a completely different theology and people don't see the broad strong influence of christian reconstruc

their book is "mad as hell how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system." welcome, gentlemen. >> guest: thank you for having us. agreed to be with you. >> host: great to be with you. we have a double author, so we are going to be a little bit short. can you each get a two sentence description of what the tea party movement is? >> guest: the tea party movement is inauthentic grass-roots movement is respected by people in the political class because fundamentally it is a rejection of that political class. and i would say that it is a group of voters about a quarter of the electorate that is basically saying we are fed up with washington. we are fed up with spending, fed up with taxing policies that don't reflect our values and we want to return to the core principles. >> host: house speaker nancy pelosi said the tea party is and grassroots at all. it is an astroturf movement founded by a few rich people. what you say to that? >> guest: the whole notion of the tea party movement attended washington. the city was racist, it was astroturf. but what happened thi

why don't you i don't think you know the big question washington right now is will the tea party you know take over the republican party no i do not see that but what i do see a lot of the tea party candidates that have been newly elected to congress doing is sort of serving as our fiscal conscience they will keep us on the straight and narrow and if we stray from it they're going to let everybody know they're also going to be pretty hard on a lot of moderate democrats folks like joe manchin and west virginia as well ok what do you think about that bob i mean do you see do you look forward to it on a positive sense obviously that the tea partiers are just going to make sure that nothing happens to forward the obama agenda into the presidential election in two thousand and twelve they would hope it would they hope most likely will be thrown him. well don't forget that the republicans the leadership and the and the rank and file actually blamed the tea party for costing the republicans the senate when sharron angle said she wants to abolish social security and medicare and divorce is a

i supported republicans my entire life, but i am a tea party person now. there were many states where we heard the stories. we talked. it there were some -- there were some goper's that would not get behind the party. you do not want to make hazmat and florida. when mama ain't happy, ain't no bodbdyody happy. they could have taken more seats had to work with the tea party and the local races. >> i think other countries are looking very rigid were very interested with what will happen in congress. -- i think other countries are very interested with what will happen in congress. you give the long list of guidelines. had there been any discussions on the ground about the issue of dissipation, whether you can keep the momentum going? also, the relationship with the gop going forward. what about 2012, the presidential race -- have there been any discussions on the ground about this? to go where it after the election that everyone might go away. -- >> we were read after the election that everyone might go away. but we all have our individual sites and we are all

i supported republicans my entire life, but i am a tea party person now. there were many states where we heard the stories. we talked. it there were some -- there were some goper's that would not get behind the party. you do not want to make hazmat and florida. when mama ain't happy, ain't no bodbdyody happy. they could have taken more seats had to work with the tea party and the local races. >> i think other countries are looking very rigid were very interested with what will happen in congress. -- i think other countries are very interested with what will happen in congress. you give the long list of guidelines. had there been any discussions on the ground about the issue of dissipation, whether you can keep the momentum going? also, the relationship with the gop going forward. what about 2012, the presidential race -- have there been any discussions on the ground about this? to go where it after the election that everyone might go away. -- >> we were read after the election that everyone might go away. but we all have our individual sites and we are all

to the significance of where the tea party has come from. if we did this two years ago, people would say what? a couple things. a party movement. there is very little trust in the major parties. approval and disapproval of the democrat and republican parties were both negative 10. the tea party was 39 approve, 32 disapprove. the rest were neutral. they actually had a net positive. at the state level, there were some cases where there were more questions as the bulk ked e tea party and the other major parties. teh tea parhe tea party is net e 17 states. also interesting to me is that there were 11 states where the tea party had and a higher approval rating than one of the major parties. in california, ohio, washington, and orgaorigen the tea party was more popular. having it is obvious that where we are at is -- i'd think it is obvious that where we're at is a major for. we will look at major prospective scope of questions relating to the sustainability of the two-party movement. how will the two-partea party ey and passion find its way in was

you have the washington insider and the majority leader and the tea party candidate. it hits both the insider versus outsider. this is an insurgent energetic force in the republican party. >> senator reed's son is running for governor in a very difficult race. >> ifill: i want to talk about ohio. these house races. we don't want to overlook the fact as jim just mentioned the house is shifting hands in three races in ohio show us why. we're looking especially at ohio 16 with... and house 18 with jack space running against bob gibbs and in house 15 mary jo killroy. it's amazing. eve one of these races are races in which incull bents a tipping point districts are in trouble. >> yeah. ohio is clearly a problem for democrats. as somebody told me recently that ohio is the new michigan in terms of the economic problems. and this problem is hitting all these democrats. now killroy won very narrowly. this is a repeat. it was a squeaker two years ago. given how the environment changes, it has changed, you can see how she's in big trouble. but jack space wasn't expected to be in

the tea party.ve had the conversation. it's a weird alliance because a lot of things the tea party is concerned about with respect to spending and deficits and debts, were born by the republican party. >> absolutely. it's interesting, matt is right. somehow the per accepting is the republican party co-opted the tea party. there are a lot of disagreements we have. even here in the state of tennessee we had an election last night for nomination of house speaker. the tea party was against a particular nominee. she won by one vote. we have a problem with that. the way that went about. we're frankly antagonistic to the process. you can't segment the tea party saying it's a republican extension. it is not. we have fundamental disagreements. if you're looking at the food safety billion before us in committee, apparently a problem we'll deal with. spending generally we disagree with that we're not interested in supporting a specific agenda of the deregulatory environment that republicans have reported, we a

but the tea party patriots, national tea party group, they have an event around the same time on the same day and they see the claremont gathering as competition. in an e-mail the tea party patriots wrote to supporters, quote, dc insiders, the rnc, republican national committee, and lobbyists are already trying to push the tea party aside and co- opt the incoming congressmen. tea party patriots say they offered to merge the two events, but say the claremont institute was not interested. juliet. >> juliet: 24 hours in a day, people. come on. thanks very much for that report. >> rick: speaking of these two events for incoming freshmen republicans in congress, the battle for those lawmakers' loyalties could come down to these two events tomorrow. let's talk about that. joining us is fox news contributor susanest ridge who is a former mike dukakis campaign manager and tony saig is here. normally when i have susan on, i go to her first. since you're the republican, let me start here with you. i guess anybody who thought that the tea party movement and tea party lawmakers were going to qui

of gains without the tea party. we are talking about -- >> the tea parties go nuts and boehner stays in. >> we are talking about >>> issue two, the shalacking. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shalacking like i did last night. you know, i'm sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. the relationship i've had with the american people is one that built slowly, peeked at this incredible high, and then during the course of last two years has gotten rockier and tougher, and you know it's going to have more ups and downs during the course of me being in this office. >> question, is president obama contrite enough to compromise with the incoming republican house majority? eleanor. >> he is going to look for common ground. i think that's in his dna. he also has to show fortitude in holding his ground and a lot of people on his side feel he didn't stand up to the republicans. he is now -- now the republicans are more visible. if they say no to more infrastructure spending or a payro

i think the tea party will become less important after the election. it is a grassroots movement. it is a movement that we have seen so often in the history of america, the anti-establishment movement. but they do not have a strong leadership. there is sarah pslin and i think it will become less important after the election today and tomorrow. >> thank you very much. we will have more on the midterm elections coming up. first, to business. the german auto industry -- a couple of clouds out there. >> german cars selling well abroad, but the domestic market remains sluggish. germany's auto association has forecast that 2010 new car sales should 0.9 million vehicles, slightly upgraded, but it still signals a sharp drop from 2009, when a cash subsidy moved domestic sales despite the economic downturn. the have anticipated a loss of 23% from last year in the german home market. that marks a sharp contrast with booming export sales of two economies like china and the united states. >> luxury cars made in germany are flying off the lots in the united states. bmw, mercedes, and audi are e

i supported republicans my entire life, but i am a tea party person now. there were many states where we heard the stories. we talked. it there were some -- there were some goper's that would not get behind the party. you do not want to make hazmat and florida. when mama ain't happy, ain't no bodbdyody happy. they could have taken more seats had to work with the tea party and the local races. >> think other countries are looking very rigid were very interested with what will happen in congress. -- i think other countries are very interested with what will happen in congress. you give the long list of guidelines. had there been any discussions on the ground about the issue of dissipation, whether you can keep t momentum going? also, the relationship with the gop going forward. what about 2012, the presidential race -- have there been any discussions on the ground about this? to go where it after the election that everyone might go away. -- >> we were read after the election that everyone might go away. but we all have our individual sites and we are all repo

sarah palin is the tea party's most effective backer. two years from now, she may want their support. ben tracy, cbs news, las vegas. >> couric: now, in addition to all those house and senate races voters chose governors in 37 states. today, cbs news projected republican rick scott the winner in florida over democrat alex sink. overall, the republicans had a net gain of at least seven governorships in the red states you see blinking on the screen. what is it like to win a hard- fought campaign? one congressman was head over heels happy. in denver last night, democrat ed perlmutter did cartwheels after winning a third term. perlmutter is, 57 years old. still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," from huge victories to humbling losses in two years, where did it all go wrong for the democrats? but up next a few words from the wise. we'll check in with our political experts bob schieffer and jeff greenfield. that's going to go right in your glove. ohhh. oh. see that? great job. ok, now let's get ready for the ball... here it comes... here yo

evangelicals are tea party movement supports enand tea party members consider themselves to be socially conservative. we have data to demonstrate that. all that to say is what we know from yesterday is that one of the largest, if not the largest single voting block not elector electorat is people of faith. they turned out in largest numbers in the midterm elections since these numbers have been kept and voted more overwhelmingly republican than they have in a midterm. these voters can want be ig -- cannot be ignored. either party ignores them or o opposes them at their parol at the voting place. the voters heavily in the south and midwest, that's where the bulk of the congressional gains took place, not by any means all of them, but this vote, the socially conservative faith-based vote was the fuel in the engine that drove one of the biggest midterm victories in the history of our country, so with that, i will turn it over to glenn to walk through the findings in greater detail. >> thanks a lot. good morning. >> talk into the microphone. >> yep. i know you've asked for copies of this. a

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what about the effect of the tea party on your party? >> yeah, this is going to be huge. and when you look at people like rubio and miller, they're really going to be the bellwether for what happens after tuesday. the tea party came on very strong and it's going to be up to them to decide do we organize, talk to the gop, stand on our principles? how do we make ourselves relevant over the next two years? especially if a lot of republicans and tea party candidates take the house? because then they're not just railing against obama, but like hillary said, they also have to come up with solutions. it is going to be very revealing for them on tuesday. >> mark, is nevada -- if harry reid goes down, is that a sample for the evening or a misnomer because nevada is so unusual? >> i think nevada's unusual and i think harry reid is in an unusual position, because he and nancy pelosi had been the whipping boys and girls for the last two years, from the tea party from the right. in many ways it's possible for harry reid to lose and lose big. although i don't think that's going to happ

>> remember, the tea party is not a party, but the state of mind. there is no particular agenda they were elected to act upon. >> it is not only not a party, it fits in the republican party. >> i think it is true that tea party candidates came in having said, we're qantas in no. i do not think that is what tea party voters are saying. they do not want gridlock. some of them do, absolutely. they tend to be ideological. >> in other words, rand paul and sharron angle got a lot of votes from people who do not actually agree with what they would do. when rand paul says, i am not voting to extend the debt limit, you think a lot of people voted for him who do not want that to happen. >> i think people voted for rand paul because, again, they are enormous the fresh air with washington and want change. kentucky is a republican state. that was not a change for kentucky. tea party voters are not necessarily saying go to washington and have gridlock. when i went to kentucky, audiences were cheering at rand paul, a gridlock, gridlock. they were excited about the