"they [the tea party] were a reaction to the country's growing disapproval with the way our government were completely IGNORING the will of the people"

You are buttering the bread on both sides and wondering why it's slippin' outta yer hand.

The tea party was not, is not nor ever will be a grassroots party. In earlier posts you have stated that they have funding (well yeah!) from rich people. Rich people have seldom done a damned thing that isn't in their own interest. GfS: ya can't have it both ways.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Democrats were adding to the coffers of the teabaggers. Keriste, Jaysus, go to Google images and look for pics of signs they take to demonstrations. The English is deplorable.

There seem to be two or three 'stages' to the 'grassroots' movement:
1) An influx of organizers either doing it from the goodness of their hearts 2) and/or a serious injection of cash to increase their heart goodnesses 3) the rest of us to wonder 'cui bono'. Answer that and Bob's yer uncle.