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The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this country.

So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

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.

At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda.

One billion people in 175 countries will mark Earth Day. That puts tea parties in perspective, doesn't it?

I do think the Tea Party position will prevail, and I am often asked: 'What has the Tea Party done and is it even still alive?' People think because there have been no demonstrations with the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag it's gone, but it hasn't.

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken - both parties are to blame - and if we don't do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost, and it will become just like everybody else.