Focus Quote by Ken Cuccinelli

I think the Tea Party has brought enormous strength to the Republican Party and I absolutely support its fiscal responsibility message, yes.

— Margaret Hoover

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

I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns about spending…

— Barack Obama

I think we have got to get the Republicans and the Democrats to get back to what I call the fiscal conservative, the issues…

— Michael Enzi

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party.

— Grover Norquist

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of…

— Ari Fleischer

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

— Roy Blunt

What the Tea Parties are standing for is constitutional principle. It's not fundamentally about tax rates or whether to have a consumption tax or…

— Robert P. George

I certainly would not deny that the Tea Party, the issues that they have looked at are certainly important to me as well... debt…

— Matt Rosendale

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

I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the…

— Kristi Noem

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

— Michele Bachmann