None of this is going to happen. The Tea Party is a movement, not a party. The Tea Party's goal is to bring the Republican Party back to Ronald Reagan conservatism. This is a good thing and has already had a measure of success.

The "constitutional struggle" will never be over. The Tea Party has to recognize the Republican representative who is straying from constitutional conservatism, identify him and get him "on message" or defeat him in the next primary as was accomplished this past primary season with much success.

This approach needs much more time before the idea of splintering off and forming a new party is considered. A third party puts the liberal radicals in position of power for an intolerably long time as the Republican Party and the third party split voting.