Dems tea partied in 2010 say GOP faces its own reckoning today

'Eerie similarities': Democrats who were tea-partied in 2010 say today's GOP faces own reckoning

WASHINGTON — There may be no second acts in American lives, but American politics is full of sequels. And 15 years after they starred in an electoral bloodbath, Democrats who faced tea party-filled town halls in the past say they’re watching a...

Dems tea partied in 2010 say GOP faces its own reckoning today

There may be no second acts in American lives, but American politics is full of sequels. And 15 years after they starred in an electoral bloodbath, Democrats who faced tea party-filled town halls in the past say they’re watching a party-swapping reboot unfold today. “There are some eerie similarities,” said Chris Carney, a Democrat whose Pennsylvania seat was one of 63 his party lost in the House in 2010. In recent months, Republican lawmakers h…