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Monday 31 October 2011
by: Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout | News Analysis
http://www.truth-out.org/tea-party-movement-more-hype-reality/1319826556
The validity of a political movement or party should be judged by the issues and policies that it champions as well as the candidates that it supports. Since 2009, the Tea Party has held sway over the Republican Party, moving its politics farther to the right and contributing to House Majority Leader John Boehner's (R-Ohio) inability to find common ground with the Obama administration.
A recent Pew Center poll shows that the Tea Party is popular within the Republican Party, but losing support within the general electorate. "... more [people polled] say they oppose the Tea Party movement than support it (44% vs. 32%) ... the balance of opinion among independents toward the Tea Party is much more negative: Just 30 percent support the Tea Party movement while 49 percent are opposed."