Tea Party's impact studied on eve of election

A lively but civil discussion about the Tea Party Movement, how it began and potential impacts in the 2010 elections and beyond, drew about 100 people to the Visitors Center of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Thursday night.

Deputy director Tim Rives put together a program to discuss “The Tea Party and the Future of American Politics.”

“The Tea Party is one of the most important political developments of modern times,” said Karl Wesissenbach, director of the Eisenhower Center, about the forum which is part of the Kansas Town Hall Forum series....