A majority of Republicans who agree with the tea party movement give House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) positive reviews for his role in debt negotiations in a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll. The speaker's high marks represent a crucial link between the highly energized political movement and the Republican establishment as attention pivots back to the 2012 election cycle.
�Exit polls in 2010 had more than four in 10 voters supporting the nascent political movement, but until now, it had been an open question whether tea party-affiliated office holders could transfer the enthusiasm that fueled an electoral breakthrough into legislative power. Many of the congressional Republicans elected under the tea party banner are now freshmen legislators, with few leadership posts and even fewer established Washington connections.
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