"The so-called Tea Party is not a 'party', but a large number of middle and upper class Americans who are angry about the economy and the policies of the government, which they believe are not in their interest."

That's not all. Their large percentage is comprised of religious fundamentalists who support Perry's "End Times game" and "dominionist theology". They want to replace the Constitution with the Ten Commandments.

Perry has proclaimed that Texas supports "creationism" as well as evolution in the Texas school system. You can look forward to his attempt to do that on a national scale.

When you have a religious ideological motivation, this trumps anger about the economy and wonkish government policies. There are fanatics out there who would rather see the US government go down in flames then compromise their "faith". They are called the Tea Party. They think Obama is the anti-Christ.