Has the tea party given up on their original values? When you are willing to vote anybody but Obama it says that you have no real values. You are quickly ready to compromise values in favor of ideology. Mitt Romney is a flip flopper as much as John Kerry was. Mitt Romney is a wealthy millionaire who has set about the last 6 years to buy the presidency. I am not in favor of the rich establishment telling me who is the best candidate. It is still the same good ole boys club scenario. The rich promote themselves. The tea party should not compromise what they had started. Right to life, marriage, illegal aliens, energy, housing, jobs etc. All these things matter