Among Republican voters, the Tea Party continues to enjoy high approval ratings.

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If Republicans control Congress, the clash between empowered Tea Party conservatives and Democrats will bring high political theater, and could include a budget impasse and government shutdown, as well as numerous Congressional investigations of the Obama Administration.

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In the aftermath of the horrible events in Tucson, I can certainly appreciate how Tea Party organizations around the nation may be feeling a high degree of sensitivity.

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It similarly castigated the so-called "tea party" movement which has attracted millions of Americans opposed to high taxes, and the townhall meetings this past summer where millions of Americans peacefully argued against Obama's healthcare policies.

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Dewhurst's challenger in the runoff will be tea party favorite Ted Cruz, a former solicitor general with strong support from national groups and high-profile conservative leaders.

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"We must know how many more lies they have been telling and how high up the chain the cover-up goes, " Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for the group Tea Party Patriots, said in a statement Saturday.

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While the thrust of the Occupy movement was to attempt a critique of the economic superstructure within which we live, the focus of the earlier Tea Party movement was to voice concern over a government that has grown morbidly obese and ineffective on high taxes and incompetent bureaucrats unable to adequately address the mounting problems that the country faces.

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