Well, it turns out I am not the only one curious about what underlies the thinking of Tea Partyers: So is Democracy Corps, a research and policy outfit put together by James Carville and Stan Greenberg. They convened focus groups of Republicans to find out where they were coming from, and their report is fascinating (and not as daunting as the length would suggest -- it is broken into bite-sized chunks).
You can find a summary and link to the full report here.
Meanwhile, Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post cited the report in his Oct. 15 column.
And some time back, I was channel surfing and ran across a Cato Institute seminar on the psychology of the Tea Party. Long story short, that led me to this survey comparing broader libertarian views to those of traditional liberals and conservatives (in the survey, "libertarians" essentially stand in for "Tea Partyers," although those groups may not be congruent). Turns out there are some areas of overlap on both ends of the spectrum, according to the report on the survey, which includes a 12-minute video summary.
Enjoy!
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