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The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

The Tea Party in the United States' biggest fight is with the Republican establishment, which is really a collection of crony capitalists that feel that they have a different set of rules of how they're going to comport themselves and how they're going to run things.

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of a sense that Washington is in need of dire fiscal reform.

You know, the Tea Party is a - first of all, it is a significant movement, and I think the media and some pundits have tried to write it off as a bunch of cranks or something. But, in fact, it's really a very legitimate and fairly significant swath of voters out there.

The problem with the Tea Party is that it's been used in a way that scares people into supporting an agenda that's counter to their own interests.