Scones are a must with any tea party, but he livens things up by serving them with a seasonal jam or compote such as pumpkin in fall or watermelon in the summer, alongside the standard clotted cream and strawberry jam.
The former have supported bailouts, corporate welfare, and protectionist legislation like SOPA. The Tea Party was organized in opposition to those things.
That some new Republican members of Congress, many of whom won with stirring campaigns and passionate Tea Party support, are already deeply pessimistic about turning things around in Washington is disturbing.
Maybe the problem here is that the Tea Party freshman class in the House simply does not yet understand the legislative process and how things actually get done in Washington.