It would be foolish to write the Tea Party’s obituary after this primary cycle, according to Washington Post writer Paul Waldman. Though the Tea Party failed to oust an incumbent senator this election cycle, the movement is still winning and far from fading, he argues.

This week, a majority of primary voters in Tennessee and Kansas did not vote for incumbent Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN). But because those two states do not have runoffs, Roberts and Alexander won their primary races against Milton Wolf and Joe Carr, respectively. Both challengers had closed the gap considerably in the final weeks of their campaigns.

“I used to think this movement was going to wither and die,” Waldman wrote on Wednesday after Roberts’ win and a day before Alexander’s victory. “Today, though, it’s hard to see its power waning anytime soon. If it ends up winning even when it…