Yesterday the Utah Tea Party took over the Republican Party.  They trained their people to become delegates.  And they voted not to have Sen. Bob Bennett on the Republican Ballot in the Primary.  Who is Sen. Bennett:

• 3-term Senator who vowed to retire after 2 terms
• TARP proponent
• Earmark crazy

Glen Reynolds of Instapundit.com received the following emails from a member of the Utah Tea Party:

Reader Jim Verdolini writes: “His base told him pretty clearly they would not stand for TARP, spending, and ‘compromise’ Health Care Schemes. Bennett, like most of or ‘leadership’ ignored them. Now he is retired. Eventually republican ‘leadership’ will understand that they work for us. Till then they will become ever more extinct.”

MORE: Utah Tea Partier David Kirkham emails: “After convention we walked up on the podium and took this picture. We took over the Utah GOP. All of our candidates were elected today without having to go to a primary (or booted in the case of Bennett). Obama has awakened a sleeping giant.”