There are a lot of pundits here in Tampa with no real politics to report on. So I thought now would be a good idea to do some explaining about the odd natives (well, natives for only a few days), whom the punditocracy has ventured out to poke and prod and report back, as if they are 21st-century Margaret Meads.

Much of what the observers know is wrong, so simply dispelling 10 misconceptions that they have about Republicans should be useful:

1. The GOP has been taken over by the Tea Party.