http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/po...bruary-8-2010/


• Et tu, Tea Party? Ron Paul has drawn not one, not two, but three challengers with ties to the Tea Party movement. Many considered the congressman, who's long been an advocate for drastically limited government and debt reform, a founder of the Tea Party movement, despite his lack of involvement in the effort. Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina, who's drawing some TEA Party support, began as a volunteer for Paul. But the anti-incumbent bent of some Tea Party-ers appears to span political parties, and as his challengers have become more critical, Paul's had to become more vocal. He's also got a challenger from the Libertarian Party — the party he represented as a presidential candidate all those years ago.