If I am not mistaken, it is estimated that about 25-30% of Tea Partiers are Democrats -- blue collar Democrats and other disaffected Democrats. The Reagan Democrats, so to speak.
Nothing wrong with that. We have more in common with them than we do with the GOP-e.
Well OK, if they're disinfected democRATs.
But since 90% of democRATs give the rest a bad name, I'd urge them to shed that filthy name-association (before people get the wrong idea).