Where Is Tea Party Heading?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The “tea party” activists all agree: Government is too big. Spending is out of control. Individual freedom is at risk. And President Barack Obama’s policies are making it all worse. But that’s where the consensus ends among the diverse groups of frustrated Americans who count themselves part of this fledgling coalition. “We’re afraid and we’re fed up and we’re angry,” says Donna Henton of Blair, Neb. “But where this is going to go, we just don’t know.