It seems that the tea party movement is based on a desire for less government spending and not aincreasing the national debt. In other words fiscal responsibility. These have not always been practiced by Republicans and so the Tea Party folks will have a greater influence at the primaries than the election.
During the Obama administration I can not recall a single Democrat express concern over his spending have you? I suppose if there were any Democrats that did and believed in smaller government and lower debt they would get tea party support too.
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