Teabaggers claims that the Republicans and Democrats are both targets of their ire aside, GOP partisans, lobbyists and corporate front groups have taken on the role of grifters playing naive marks. Tea party profiteers are raking in millions by cashing in on the movement, selling teabagger support to candidates and politics aimed at continuing the Bush-era's unregulated capitalism and corporate bailouts.
Despite the populist rhetoric, these profiteers see the tea party movement as a pool to extract fundraising dollars and volunteers for Republican campaigns. As RNC Chaimran and former lobbyist Michael Steele chortles, there's an "expectation" teabaggers will loyally toe the Republican line.
