The Tea Party test case
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightWhat is the Tea Party? Many have tried to answer that question ever since CNBC’s Rick Santelli first launched the backlash with his trading-floor rant against the poor. Democratic operatives, for instance, say the Tea Party is merely a Republican Party facade. As proof, they point to GOP-linked corporate groups' involvement in Tea Party events, and cite the absence of Tea Party deficit and bailout protests during George W. Bush’s presidency.