supporting him in his presidential bid. >> why? >> well, it's easy to point to romney care as the issue why the tea party doesn't like mitt romney. it goes much deeper than that. the republican party didn't like him in 2008. not much has changed about him between then and 2012 but the electorate has changed a lot. we're more conservative. >> so joe, if not romney, who does the group support? santorum? >> reporter: well, there are some people who support santorum. there is support in this state for newt gingrich among others. i have to tell you. i talked to another congressman, jason from utah. this is really, you could call him a tea party darling out of utah. he's a republican. and he is very much in support of mitt romney. he is traveling around the country with him. he has brought dozens of other members in to endorse mitt