But . . . but . . . but Tea Partiers are terrorists!

(Rasmussen) — More voters still think the average Tea Party member has a better handle on America’s problems than the average member of Congress does, but there’s a sharp difference of opinion between Democrats and Republicans.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of all Likely U.S. Voters believe the average member of the Tea Party has a better understanding of the problems America faces today, while 34% think the average member of Congress is more clued in. Twenty-four percent (24%) are undecided.

Sixty percent (60%) of Democrats, however, have more confidence in the average member of Congress. But 68% of Republicans — and a plurality (46%) of voters not affiliated with either major party — think the average Tea Party member has a better understanding of today’s problems.