Was there actually a posted, credible, Tea Party platform? By who? The Tea Partiers were only loosely organized. Anyone who claimed that they had The platform I would look upon with skepticism.
For instance, one of our acquaintances who is conservative is a Tea Partier and kept DH updated on Tea Partier doings around here. But when time came to caucus, he went for Rick Santorum. Ummm, who decided that Santorum was the Tea Party candidate? In my mind it would have been Ron Paul.