Paladino's money, his strong ties to the state's
growing Tea Party movement, and his penchant for catchy, if over-the-top rhetoric — «I'll turn Albany upside down and take out the trash» — gives him a fighting chance to defeat the cash - strapped Lazio.
Much of the media coverage has followed the
Tea Party movement's own narrative, which describes it as a grassroots group of libertarian - leaning and independent - minded Americans who have grown disgusted with Washington - a group not beholden to either party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things
Party movement's own narrative, which describes it as a grassroots group of libertarian - leaning and independent - minded Americans who have
grown disgusted with Washington - a group not beholden to either
party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things
party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things done.