Obama: ‘I’m the Father of the Tea Party’

OBAMA: "As I reflect back on what’s worked for me in this office it’s been that I’ve— I’ve gotten people who maybe didn’t believe in the process to get engaged. Ironically, I’ve even gotten the other side that maybe didn’t believe in the process to get engaged. I, you know, I— I— I’m— I gather I’m the— the father of the Tea Party. I— I invigorated the grassroots in the Republican Party as well as the Democratic Party. So, you know, I— if— health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren’t professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it even when the politics was hard."