Well, suprisingly, I heard a bit of a repartee between a tea party woman spokesperson and a male GOP far wrong rep. on NPR this morning. He was saying the tea party will NOT get conservatives votes (read far wrong) votes unless they come out against gay marriages, right to choose, etc. and she, cogently and consistently, said the tea party was not going to get into those issues because they came from all walks of life, ages, etc. and their main reason for being is to focus on the economy.

While I know there is much to them I could not abide, I found myself glad to hear someone refuse to be dragged into those divisive issues in a firm and non-reactive way. She really was good at staying on point.

Here's a bit about it from npr: That's the debate playing out inside some quarters of the Tea Party movement and it was in evidence on Morning Edition during a discussion co-host Steve Inskeep had with Toby Marie Walker, lead facilitator for the Waco Tea Party, and Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association.

There's more of the debate HERE.

Personally, I hope they keep it up, the infighting can only help keep the GOP out of a majority in Congress. I noticed a new poll by the NYT/NBC shows Palin losing the public in droves AND she has really low numbers of anyone who thinks she could run the country. Made em glad to read that!