I find the majority of CT Tea Partiers have been educated almost entirely by watching Glenn Beck. It’s good they are involved, but it creates some limited perspective and I never got the sense most really understood why they were there apart from the emotional libertarian issues.. which are readily understood by anyone weary of authority.
Iniatially, it was the economy and the health care issues, sadly, though, the majority of the talk show hosts have libertarian leanings more than Conservative leanings.