Tea party showing its true leaves in Arizona

The tea party movement will get a chance in the upcoming elections to show how much muscle it has in Arizona, and what brand of “tea” actually is here in the desert. So far, Arizona tea partiers have been more interested in immigration than taxes and spending. That indicates that at least here in Arizona the movement is more of a conservative social movement than one focused on fiscal moderation and restrained government. It’s not exactly small government to give police more authority to question those they suspect of being illegal in the U.S.

Tea party folks have been energized by the immigration issue since Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law in April. The tea parties have organized ‘buycotts,’ held rallies in favor of the law and the constituency is now firmly behind Brewer.

Conversely, the anti-tax wing of the tea parties was nowhere to be found when the Proposition 100 sales tax referendum was easily passed by voters. Brewer backed that sales tax hike despite it going against conservative dogma. The governor’s signing of the immigration bill erased her tax increase sins.

Right now, the tea party blend in Arizona is anti-immigration and socially conservative. Sure there are tea party folks who care about spending, taxes and Wall Street bailouts, as well as some who simply don’t like Barack Obama being president or trust his own birth papers. But right now, immigration and its social implications are fueling everything political in the state -- including the tea party.



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but white tea which is behind the movement...

out. But not Matthews he is making it seem as if they are the next best thing to sliced bread. Can you beat that.