benefits of mergering the tea party with the gop. it s really merging into one single, solitary units. reporter: some tea party organizers say that s fine, so long as they first cleanse the gop of its moderates. what some conservatives call rinos, or republicans in name only. the republicans are in place as the party of the people. after we re done chasing the rinos out, it will again be the party of the people. if that s what people mean by merging with the republican party, great. i ll take that. reporter: cnn political contributor, john avlon points out many tea partiers are conservatives who felt abandoned under george w. bush. right now, it s important to understand that the tea partiers form a popular wing. reporter: but for some tea partiers, a merger would be too much too fast. if any one person think as