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Mad Hatters at the Tea Party are a potential liability for GOP

The Tea Party’s angry and leaderless malcontents in Paul Revere suits are an expression of the volatility of the times, and Republicans may find them unreliable

By Gary Younge  /  THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

So the question is not how much influence the Tea Party will have, but what that influence will be. Obama’s ability to be cool under pressure doesn’t make that pressure disappear. These are volatile times in US politics, and the Tea Party movement is both a product and an expression of that volatility.

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