Outline

1. Intro
 * **Audience Attractor**: “Every generation needs a new revolution” (Thomas Jefferson). The Tea Party Movement, though controversial, reflects Jefferson’s words.
 * **Thesis**: Movements like the Tea Party play a valuable role in the current political environment.

2. 1st Body: Confining Structure of 2-party system limits access to the political process
 * Tea Party Movement challenges the stagnant 2 party system of American politics.

3. 2nd Body: Involve more people in the political process 4. 3rd Body: Tea Party has good ideas that could strengthen the government
 * American Democracy is supposed to be a government “of the people,” this includes more radical contributors
 * The Tea Party has “has captured the imaginations of both the media and of millions of ordinary citizens who have answered the call for greater social and political involvement” (Getzloe).
 * You never know where a good idea will come from


 * Balancing the Budget
 * American Deficit is almost $13 trillion and climbing.
 * #3 from Tea Party Contract: “Demand a Balanced Budget”


 * Breaking American Dependence on Foreign Energy Sources


 * #8 from Tea Party “Contract From America”: Authorizethe exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy creation, lowering prices and creating competition and jobs.

5. Conclusion (Optional)