Annie
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The Tea Party movement was, and is, very real - and it represents millions across the nation.
And if this economy does not begin to improve - namely job creation, more and more will join the Tea Party ranks...
I think that remains to be seen. Let's see what happens when Tea Party supports someone OTHER than a Republican.
Without Armey and FreedomWorks and Fox News scheduling, organizing, publicizing, promoting .....
We'll see whose really left when the astroturf is cleared away. I'm guessing it will be the same folks who were attending during the Bush administration. Maybe the hoopla will attract some more who are truly backing fiscal responsibility rather than Obama smearfests - but we'll see I guess.
The 'Tea Party' will not be endorsing candidates for the simple reason that it's made up of Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, Constitutional Party members, etc. Way too diverse. It's a movement of people that think the government has become too big, too intrusive, too powerful. What I hope is we see some Tea Party folks running for office, whoops! Already happening. Of course many of those that support 'tea parties' are already active in political process.