The Tea Party doesn't actually exist, so it really doesn't matter whether "the tea party" polls at 10% or 90%. People can imagine the "tea party" as whatever they want to imagine it as. That's why the strategy of demonizing the tea party isn't working.
And a preemptive strike on people attacking the web sources:
Doesn't mean they are unbiased or that this is right but it does mean it deserves a look and shouldn't be dismissed with the usual retarded OT retorts.
It's got about as much backing as the Ron Paul idiots. People don't take either conservative movement seriously. The Tea Party idiots are just fun to watch