Last night, Jon Stewart looked at how John Boehner finally lost his cool with the Tea Party, and how even Paul Ryan and Ronald Reagan are now coming under attack by the insane nutjobs in the Tea Party.



12/11/2013: NICOLLE WALLACE: You just called for more leaders. Paul Ryan has led. SEN. TOM COBURN, R-OK: Well, he has led to make a compromise that sells out what actually needs to be done. NICOLLE WALLACE: But you just called Paul Ryan a sell-out! ... SEN. TOM COBURN, R-OK: I didn't say that, I didn't say that.

But Ryan stood fast to his newfound ethic of compromise.



12/11/2013: REPORTER: You ever think that a piece of legislation that you were responsible for would be called not conservative enough? REP. PAUL RYAN, R-WI: Yeah, it's a strange new normal, isn't it? Groups are going to do what they want to do.

So John Boehner's not conservative enough for the Tea Party. Paul Ryan's apparently not conservative enough for you. Who is?



JAKE TAPPER (12/10/2013): Perhaps another warning shot for the Republican establishment. Texas Congressman Steve Stockman, a Tea Party favorite, just threw his hat into the ring for next year's Senate race in a primary challenge against fellow Texan and incumbent, Senator John Cornyn.





(2008 John Cornyn campaign ad) John opened up government,

Let us all take a look.

Gave support to our soldiers

And rooted out crooks.

He rose to the top in just one term

Kept Texas in power, made lesser states squirm.

Big John.

That guy? Guy's gotten high marks from groups like the Chamber of Commerce, the American Conservative Union, the National Journal named him the second most conservative Senator, behind only Alaska's representative, painting of Jesus drilling for oil.

(audience laughter)

Someone is going to commission that.

I'll tell you what. Give me a taste of this Steve Stockman guy. I want to know what's considered Tea Party electable these days.



11/14/2013: REP. STEVE STOCKMAN, R-TX: It's amazing what they are saying is covered by Obamacare. If you decide to become transgender, you can also get that covered. So... RADIO HOST: Good to know. REP. STEVE STOCKMAN, R-TX: (in high-pitched voice) ... the next time I call your show.

Ah!! I get it, it's funny cuz he's an asshole.

At this point, the only guy who could live up to the Tea Party ideals is probably Reagan himself.



REP. STEVE KING, R-IA (5/23/2013): Ronald Reagan's signature on the '86 amnesty act brought about Barack Obama's election.

7/9/2010: SARAH PALIN: Let's look at what, you know, political hero Ronald Reagan tried to do with 3 million illegals all those years ago. BILL O'REILLY: He botched it though, Governor. Reagan botched it. Exactly! That's what I'm saying!

ANN COULTER (9/7/2011): We've got to stop worshipping Ronald Reagan!