Thursday, July 22, 2010

Putting the 'tea' in GOP?-washingtonpost.com

Putting the 'tea' in GOP?-washingtonpost.com: Rep. Michele Bachmann is the leader of the Tea Party -- literally. Wednesday morning, with the blessing of House GOP leaders, the Minnesota Republican convened the inaugural meeting of her Tea Party Caucus, where two dozen GOP members of Congress sat down with a similar number of Tea Party activists behind closed doors in an Armed Services Committee room. Then it was Bachmann's job to lead the group across the street to the Capitol for an appearance before TV cameras.