After electoral wins, Tea Party movement now getting some respect from establishment

The Tea Party movement demonstrated its forcefulness on the national stage in November and now it’s starting to get the kind of respect from the political establishment that just a few years ago would have been unthinkable for a grassroots movement that wasn’t liberal.

Last week, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia confirmed that he will be speaking to the Tea Party Caucus, a group within Congress for members who have or want to have affinities for the Tea Party movement.