There is no TEA Party. There is a movement of ideas, but when you try to identify a Party that needs Romney, think again. The liberals are trying to frame ideas into a concrete organization that does not exist.
I believe "Tea Party" Americans, after storming townhalls and experiencing the 2010 election (who are watching Obama ignite class warfare and see Congress frozen like a deer in the headlights), are conservatives who know that they are not alone and are chomping at the bit to vote on Nov 6.