Eric Liu : GOP establishment seemed to be reasserting itself , then Eric Cantor loses . Liu says tea party wins even when it loses , forcing GOP candidates further to the right . Liu : Tea party uses every strategy to give a minority of the minority party outsize clout . That full-range deployment has given a minority of the nation 's minority party truly outsize voice in American politics . Comment:
Eric Liu : GOP establishment seemed to be reasserting itself , then Eric Cantor loses . Liu says tea party wins even when it loses , forcing GOP candidates further to the right . Liu : Tea party uses every strategy to give a minority of the minority party outsize clout . Comment: