Just who heads the tea party and are they one group or several groups each doing their own thing? How can we unify America under one banner?
That will come in the future. The infrastructure is being built. Another dozen TP Senators, and an additional 50 TP Congressmen will aid in that process.
I like the fact TP groups are centered at the local level. I believe that, in most cases, these candidates will not "go native" when they get to Washington DC, they won't be corrupted by the mores of DC.
Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul are representative of that view.
Tea Party groups are all over the place. Every area operates basically on their own .. BUT .. they all have the same basic set of values; small govt, lower taxes, less regulation. This is what makes them ONE group - and they function from the grassroots (not some political group). After that, I think a lot of them focus on issues in their area .. such as COAL.
If you don’t live in a COAL producing state .. then why focus on it, unless the majority of your citizens use coal to heat their homes in the winter.
In my area, we are surrounded by some of the most awesome military groups. Therefore, we can focus a lot on military issues and the treatment of our military heros. But, I found out recently, that all the Tea Party groups in the SoCal area never got approved by the IRS for funding purposes. Seems our current admin has an adverse opinion on our military.