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the people who formed this movement need a political party. reporter: the movement s future is on the agenda at the tea party s first convention set for this week. but even with tea party favorite sarah palin headlining the convention, it s being boycotted by some tea party activists, scoffing at the $550 admission fee. not the grassroots organization we are so, we declined to participate. reporter: despite all the infighting, it s clear that tea party is on a roll. where it rolls is anybody s guess. we talked about the first ever tea party convention, cnn s deputy political director and friend of our show, paul steinhauser, is crashing the party in nashville this morning. paul joins us once again live, little bit of hustle and bustle behind you. i guess they ve eaten breakfast by now. i want so start with who these people are. their website satates the goals.
year. it s run right inside a republican political consulting firm. to the right sal russo runs the firm. to the left, joe runs the tea party express. their offices are side-by-side. reporter: do you think a lot of those tea party activists know that the tea party express is based in an office that s run by republican political consultants? i think what you ll find is at tea party rallies, a lot of those people who are mad at the republican party, many are republicans themselves, us included. reporter: you re republicans. yes. reporter: after spending $350 thousand to air pro-scott brown campaign ads, these republican consultants argue the tea party s home is the gop. the people who form this movement need a major political party. reporter: the movement s future is on the agenda at the first convention set for this
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