The recent Marquette Poll showed that only 23% of Wisconsinites have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party. In fact, the poll found that not even a majority of Republicans like the Tea Party.
So with a 2016 re-election bid just around the corner, Senator Ron Johnson is doing an extreme make over. The guy that once cooed "I love the tea party" and bragged that he "sprung" from the group, is now not only criticizing the groups as too "doctrinaire" that "demand purity," but is also claiming that he was "never" a member.
Come on, Ron.
This is kind of like Pope claiming not to be Catholic or a bear claiming not to have ever s--- in the woods.