If only Republicans would drop the desire to control people with their Christian social agenda that only the far right wants and get back to a party about small, responsible government, they might not be in the decline. Fat chance of that, though.
For a movement that's helped to reshape the Republican Party—and by extension, reshape American politics—we know shockingly little about the people who make up the Tea Party. While some in the GOP once hoped to co-opt the movement, it's increasingly unclear which group—the Tea Party or establishment Republicans—is running the show. Politicians have largely relied on conjecture and assumption to determine the positions and priorities of Tea Party activists.
Until now. The results of the first political science survey of Tea Party activists show that the constituency isn't going away any time soon—and Republicans hoping the activists will begin to moderate their stances should prepare for disappointment.
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