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When you have a political environment that is being so heavily influenced by the Tea Party that calls for shrinking the size of government, you can't ignore it. There are political realities.

— Steve Capus

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

— Mark McKinnon

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

— Penn Jillette

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.

— Marco Rubio

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.

— Matt Taibbi

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.

— Mike Lee

All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Tea Party elites believe government is evil. Everything about government is bad, and they blame all problems, even non-economic problems, problems that were caused by the private sector, on government.

— Chuck Schumer

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

— Mike Lee

✗Opposing Perspectives

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.

— Edward Brooke

The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not?

— Bill O'Reilly