Any party that writes off 25, 30, 35 percent of the American people is not going to be a winner.

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.

The Tea Party people are ideologues. They are right, and no one can change their minds. There is no reason for compromise.

There's only one customer that should be at the table, and that's the American people. The American people should be the number one and only client of the FDA, and that's purely for safety of drugs.

Its become perfectly clear that the big oil companies are cashing in while average American families are being bled dry,

The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.