Interesting article from the Washington Examiner. Many people online have been referencing an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll which says the Tea Party movement has a 41-23 percent positive score. However, in the poll 22 percent identify themselves as strong DEMOCRAT versus 12 percent of those who identify as strong Republican. 19 percent identify as strictly independent. So as a result it’s possible that the Tea Party movement is much more popular than this poll indicates.
I guess the next question is -- what is the tea party? There’s no face to it really. Certain people like to take credit for it but it’s really from a combination of people. Ron Paul, Glenn Beck, Dick Armey (freedom works) and CNBC’s Rick Santelli when he talked about having a tea party.
So is Rick Santelli the face of the Tea Party!? LOL..
This video alone has over 1 million views… Maybe the movement is simply for individual liberty and free and open markets. Let’s stop there and pretend that foreign policy and social issues don’t matter.
