Sen. Schumer: The Tea Party Has "Peaked"
SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER: I think the whole Republican Senate is different now. I don't think Ted Cruz will recover so quickly. I think the Tea Party, frankly, Joe, I think the Tea Party and Ted Cruz have peaked. First, they have so alienated their colleagues, but, second, the tactics of the Tea Party -- I'm going to hurt a lot of innocent people unless I get my way. This is the first time it was in the spotlight, that the American people saw it. They didn't like it. The Republican Party has learned a lesson here, and I think you're going to see a more mainstream conservative Republican Party. I don't think we'll have the same kind of brinksmanship on Jan. 15 and Feb. 7.
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