re: #188 simoom

An overwhelming majority of Tea Party supporters, 84 percent, say the views of the Tea Party movement reflect the views of most Americans. But Americans overall disagree: Just 25 percent say the Tea Party movement reflects their beliefs, while 36 percent say it does not.

Populist spiels always claim to reflect the views of the “average” American or, to use an ’80s expression, the “silent majority”. No wonder then that the people polled seem to have swallowed this hype.
Still, for 25% of Americans overall to agree with the tea partiers is a very substantial endorsement, is it not?