>I do not perceive Tea Party members as elderly. Mostly middle aged, white, and relatively affluent. Demographic studies have borne this out. Here is one I read --
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html
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>Key word: angry.
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>Back in the 1980's my college buds and I used to refer to the NY Times (and NPR) as "The Voice of Managua". But we DID read it.

Now there's a place that really benefited from the benign hand of US foreign policy over the years.