A TEA PARTY FOR PROGRESSIVES? Left steals an idea from the Right.

This all sort of stems from the disappoint and despair that we all felt after the election," explained Angel Padilla, ... who previously worked for Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.

To us it's not really about the party; it's about the things that we value.... As former staffers, we don't have many skills [my emphasis], but we know how Congress works," Padilla said, quoting ... Ezra Levin, who worked for Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas.

Well, they certainly got the skills part right. And they would be better off if they actually did model the real Tea Party instead of their massively distorted image of the Tea Party.