Plan pour the presentation
I.Introduction
II.What is the Tea Party?
1.Who they are
1.Its origins
2.Its nature
2.What they stand for
1.The «contra-party»
2.No clear program that unite them
III.The role of the Tea Party in US politics
1.How they could have influenced the midterms
1.Ressourceful for the GOP
2.Handicap to the GOP
2.Their future
1.Debate
1.Radicalization
2.Softening up
2.Questions for further concideration/discussion
TEA PARTY.

I. Introduction (Camille)
The article «Tea Party set to win enough for wide influence» was published in the New York Times on October 14th 2010 by Kate Zernike. It raises the question of role the Tea Party can come to play/has played in the midterms.
In summary, Zernike discusses how the midterms will be the first time the influence of the Tea Party on US politics will be established certainly. Currently, 138 candidates seem to be supporting the views of Tea Party. Out of 435 seats available in the House of Representatives, only 33 may be taken by Tea Party-candidates, while a whole of 8 of the 37 available in the Senate. While the numbers of Tea Party-candidates are relatively small, they could exert outsize influence, by putting pressure on Republicans to carry out promises such as administer significant cuts to government spending and tazes, repeal the health care legislation and financial regulations passed this year, such as phasing out social security and Medicare in favour of personal savings accounts.
To begin with, we shall introduce the background of the Tea Party and the reasons for its birth. Then we shall go on to discuss the nature of the Tea Party: How can it be defined, is it a real party or a political movement with a looser organization? Lastly, we shall debate the possible future of the Tea Party after the midterms.

II. What is the Tea Party?
A. WHO THEY ARE i. Its origins (Olga)
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