WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, took aim at the Tea Party's "gloom talk," likening it to that of former President Jimmy Carter.
In an op-ed in The Washington Post Sunday, Bennett not only hung the Carter insult on the party that defeated him but also said the Tea Party falls well short of the principles, ideals and optimism of one of its heroes, Carter's successor, former President Ronald Reagan.