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Twenty-two House Republicans voted against the Boehner debt ceiling bill because it didn't go far enough for the Tea Party constituents that elected them into office.
Frank Guinta and Charlie Bass were not among them.
Both of New Hampshire's congressmen explicitly ran as candidates aligned with the Tea Party. Charlie Bass:
"I love them. God bless every single one of them. Their agenda is exactly the same as mine."
Frank Guinta, "who rode the Tea Party wave to Washington last year," is strongly beholden to the movement:
Elected Tuesday with the support of Tea Partiers and pledging deep cuts to federal government, Frank Guinta will soon be one of many freshman House Republicans left to figure out where the fledgling movement fits within the halls of Congress.
The former Manchester mayor has said he would join a House Tea Party Caucus created this summer by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Republican from Minnesota....
...During the Republican primary, he easily won a straw poll held by the New Hampshire Tea Party Coalition, taking 81 percent of the vote. Guinta's margin of victory over his Republican challengers was the most decisive of any contest featured in the Tea Party poll.
Guinta said at the time that he was honored by the results of the straw poll and cited his attendance at several Tea Party events, as well as gatherings for the 9/12 movement started by Fox News commentator Glenn Beck.
Frank Guinta broke his word and never joined the Tea Party Caucus. Charlie Bass' committment to them was questioned almost immediately.
As we move into a 2012 presidential general election cycle, it is unlikely that 2010 Tea Party candidates Bass or Guinta will court the deepest part of the GOP base so closely again. Whether or not the Tea Party acts on that rejection is another question.
