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ere once labeled as "extremists" — just as Tea Party members have been today, Atwater said.

Several speakers threw their support behind beleaguered Gov. Rick Scott, crediting Tea Party voters with helping Scott get elected last November in an effort to fix Florida's financial woes.

"If he wasn't doing something right, they wouldn't be trying to recall him," said conservative radio host Eddie Adams Jr.

The Tea Party, onc

e criticized as a fringe movement, was hailed Friday as a deciding factor in elections past and future. Aranibar said she owed the crowd "a huge thank you and a debt I cannot repay" for helping her win a contentious school board election in 2010.

Steve Vernon, Vice President of Tea Party Manatee, said it's time for the movem