GOP A-List Stingy With Tea Party Candidates

The main potential Republican presidential candidates aren’t willing to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to the tea party movement. The heavies have given much less to Tea-party-backed candidates for the Senate than to establishment-backed GOP candidates, The Hill reports.

Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, Rand Paul in Kentucky, Joe Miller in Alaska, Mike Lee in Utah, Ken Buck in Colorado and Sharron Angle in Nevada have garnered only a combined $38,000 from the 10 leading potential GOP presidential contenders. Meanwhile, Ohio GOP Senate candidate Rob Portman is the beneficiary of $29,400 alone.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have accounted for most of the donations to the tea party six, with Romney giving $20,000 and Palin $9,500.