The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda. Michele Bachmann agendummovementobama Change image and share on social
The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful. Robert Reich favorgamemanifestation Change image and share on social
The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are going to be next. We're doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country. Brad Thor clearcountrydemocrat share on social
The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not? Bill O'Reilly activismamericandescription share on social
The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. Lesson: The loudest voices don't often command the votes needed to win in November. Eliot Spitzer campaignclosecommand share on social
The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody. Bob Barr chartcontinuedelay Change image and share on social
The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform. Ari Fleischer arisedeficitdire Change image and share on social
The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected. Mike Lee differencefederallimit Change image and share on social
The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote. Karl Rove advocateconservativedecide share on social
The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has rather traditional nativist streaks to it. But what is much more important, I think, is the - is its outrage. Noam Chomsky affluentelectorateimportant share on social
