my connection with the tea party

[kandrathe]

If I understand correctly, he wasn't saying 40% of Tea Partiers are Democrats, but that the introduction of a third party creates an electoral split of 40/30/30, which means the Dems win almost everywhere.

If that's the case, don't you think Kandrathe would have told me so, instead of giving that rather vague reply?

That was the case.