Tea with Michael Steele

Tomorrow RNC chairman Michael Steele is meeting with Tea Party leaders from dozens of different tea party organizations.

"I'm not looking to co-op the tea party movement," Steele said during the RNC's mid-winter meeting in Hawaii in January.

"I'm not looking to brand it. I'm looking to work with activist citizens who are mad, who are frustrated and angry about the direction they see the country going, who have at times had a beef with this party and have led or failed to lead in the past, and how we now are working together to correct those missteps."

So what will Steele discuss with the leaders of the tea party movement? Here's what I think should be discussed:

• Lowering taxes
• Paying off the federal debt
• Strengthening America's currency
• An agreement whereby the RNC and the tea party movement can support the same candidate

Will anything result from this meeting? Or is Steele just trying to court the tea party vote? As far as I'm concerned the ball is in Steele's court. The republicans will gain many seats this fall if they have the support of the tea party movement, now we will see if Steele is wise enough to use this strategy.