>> we'll have more on the president in a bit but first -- best case of making the major parties blink. like it or hate it, the rise of the tea party. >> i still don't understand where they came from. is it they've just been so successful. >> i think that means we're winning. >> it's shocking to any. >> they did not grab as many congressional seats a they would have liked, but they did grab the washington establishment by the collar. >> the tea party exists because of partisan politics. >> and the tea party gave the partisans a hard shake. >> all people do is [ bleep ] about how people don't vote and there's apathy and blah, blah, blah. now you've got these people out there and half the country is going, ooh, freaky. i think these guys have been great for the system. >> i don't agree with the ideology, but citizen activism