The Tea Party does make it more difficult for the speaker. On the other hand, the Tea Party are the ones who woke the Republican Party up to the fact that we're a nation going broke and we really do have to take it on.
Fleischer acknowledges the impact of the Tea Party on Republican awareness of fiscal issues.
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