Their general uniting force is just that theyre unhappy right now with the way things are. Last month about one thousand people attended a national Tea Party convention in Tennessee.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

"I think the Tea Party movement is a very amorphous one right now that is really a collection of people who are frustrated, angry or worried, but who dont necessarily either have the same basic objectives, nor necessarily agree with each other about the best ways to move forward.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

"If you look at those who are most inclined to be involved in politics right now, the dynamic shifts to the minority party."

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

The Times poll found that 18 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Tea Party supporters.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"I think in the long run what this does is to contribute to what seems to be occurring right now and that is the retrenchment of the Republican Party, opting for purity of ideological beliefs rather than a broad-based appeal to the general public."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"They stress over and over again in domestic propaganda, 'we are not going back to the six party talks.' Now I realize that North Korea has said in the past has said in the past, it ain't coming back, and then it comes back anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.26