Advocate Quote by Karl Rove

The Tea Party isn't out to be a third force in American politics. Instead, it has infiltrated the Republicans and remoulded them in its…

— Andrew Neil

The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican and Democrat…

— Dana Loesch

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that…

— Marco Rubio

The tea party movement has challenged the GOP to get back on track or risk losing its grip on the right wing. It's reminded…

— Dana Loesch

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

— Michael Steele

The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base, they may be willing to…

— Rush Limbaugh

The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has rather traditional…

— Noam Chomsky

Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts,…

— John Boozman

You know, the Tea Party is a - first of all, it is a significant movement, and I think the media and some pundits…

— Mark McKinnon

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…

— Matt Taibbi

The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized…

— Tammy Bruce