Who are the "tea baggers"?

A poll published today in the New York Times (NY Times and CBS News) shows that they are more well-educated than the general pulic, wealthier, white, married, older than 45, and vote Republican.

They describe themselves as "very conservative" and Obama as "very liberal."

A pleurality do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president.

They think Social Security and Medicare are worth the cost to taxpayers.

Nine in ten disapprove the job Obama is doing overaall and 92% believe Obama is moving the country toward socialism, an opinion shared by "more than half of the general public."

They are angry about the health care overhaul, government spending, and feel that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

In other words, they are a part of the tax-paying middle class, backbone of the economy, being squeezed by money wasters.

NY Times, "Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated," Kate Zerike and Megan Thee-Brenan, April 14, 2010.