In simple terms the Tea Party is just a bunch of people who are really p*ssed off at the gov’t. So p*ssed off they actually get off their butts and go make a little noise.
Behind the people you see at the rallies are many, many more who share the same beliefs but they’re the types who prefer to watch from the sidelines. The left are only seeing the head of the monster so they won’t fully grasp what they’re up against until it’s too late.
To the people who insult the “tea baggers” and accuse them of being racists, I say keep up the good work. All this will do is make a lot more of those people on the sidelines mad enough to go vote when the time comes.
My worry is that the Tea Party is made up of real Americans, people who know that freedom and prosperity come from those who produce, not from those in Washington who redistribute the production of others, and we might declare victory too soon. Tea partiers tend to be people who see work as important, not government, so long as government stays out of the way. We're too likely to look at the polls, say "that'll be good enough" and do something productive on election day, and that's not an acceptable option. We have to vote this November, get our friends and like minded neighbors to the polls, and make sure this election is everything it has the potential to be. While there is no guarantee that we will even take the House, this election has the potential to do big things (how big? I don't think it's productive to go into detail, but BIG). We just have to get those who are "Mad as heck and not going to take it anymore" to the polls and this will be a beautiful election year. Then we can go back to doing the things that matter in life, but only until the next election.
The TEA party is actually nothing more than putting a name to the Silent Majority who are silent no more.