GOP Rep. Pete Sessions, the NRCC chairman who compared the Republican Party to the Taliban in describing his plans to retake the House of Representatives in 2010, thinks there are as many Democrats as Republicans involved in the tea party:
I think it's clear to me that when I look at the Tea Party it's about one-third Democrat, one-third Republican, one-third independents.
Uh, no wonder these yokels couldn't balance a budget if you handed one to them....they can't do basic math.
Fact: tea party people aren't just Republicans, they are conservative Republicans. 79% of them identify with the GOP (62% as conservative GOPers). Now I can understand why Republicans wanted to done the tea party cloak to overcome the negative image of the GOP brand....but calling themselves Democrats? That ain't gonna' fly.