and democrats all through this election. the fact that some are boycotting because of the price, that indicative of a potential split in the tea party movement? there s a saying in the tea party movement, patriots for profit. they don t like folks coming in to capitalize on the tea party movement. you had the one gentleman saying, we don t like the republican tent cals coming into the tea party movement. we like consulting firms trying to run tea party groups. that remains to be seen. i think you ll find a lot of these folks are going to drift back to the two political parties and we re going to talk about that in the next piece tomorrow. the big race down in florida, charlie crist, established republican versus say tea party darling, they are choosing sides down there. rob marciano will have the weather forecast. the stunning turn around in the fight against autism and
raging conservatives and independents i think barack obama is anti-american. reporter: add a democrat to the white house you think having the president dressed up as the grim reaper is over the top. no, i do not. nothing disrespectful about this. reporter: you get the tea party. there s more brewing in this rebel onagainst bailouts and big government than just scott brown s tea party infused upset in the senate race. this is a major victory in what i would call the second american revolution. reporter: mark and mary beth, want this movement to blow the lid off capitol hill in this year s elections and plan to back candidates who stand for tea party principles. doesn t matter if it s republicans or democrats standing in the way. if it had been john mccain, the same thing would have happened. i truly believe that. reporter: in one year the tea party has gone viral from dozens to now hundreds of loosely linked groups around the
fee. wasn t the kind of grass roots organization we are, we declined to participate. reporter: it s clear the tea party is on a roll, where it rolls is anybody s guess. now there are some in the movement that would like to see the tea party become the third political party. we ll see a t, not everybody is in favor of that. the two major groups we talked to in the piece, not in favor of that. they would like to see the tea party activist find a political home within the two parties but sarah palin is going to be at the convention this week and talking to the tea party activists out there. some would like to see run as a tea part candidate. it s unclear where it goes from here. sarah palin will appear in nevada to kick off the second version of the tea party express, the second bus tour crossing the country. they are targeting republicans
will also slowly melt later on this afternoon. back to you. won t that be pretty when it does. well, this morning s top stories are moments away. dr. conrad murray could be facing charges connected to michael jackson s death very soon. we re live in los angeles. inside a small town idaho church that landed in the middle of an international legal battles. missionariries are accused of trying to run off with 30 haitian kids, were they qualified to care for all of them. rebels with a cause, jim acosta looks inside the bailout hating tea party moment and what threatens to blow it up from the inside.
the tea party express. their offices are side by side. do you think a lot of the tea part active vits know it is based in an office run by republican political consultants? i think what you ll find is tea party rallies rs a lot of people mad at the republican party, many of them are republicans themselves. us included. reporter: you re republicans? yes. reporter: after spending $350,000 to air pro scott brown campaign ads, they argue that the tea party s home is the gop. the people that form the movement need a major political party. reporter: the movement s future is on agenda, even with tea party favorite sarah palin heading the convention, it s being boycotted by in activists scoffing at the $550 admission