Ken Buck: I agree with the tea party on "on most issues"

Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck yesterday heralded the role of the "tea party" movement in helping him win his party's nomination in the Colorado Senate race earlier this month.

"The tea party was huge in my success in the primary," Buck said in an appearance on the ABC/Washington Post "Top Line" program.

Buck said that he and members of the tea party are in agreement "on most issues" and that he "absolutely" wants their support in the general election. But he cautioned that he sees himself not as a tea party candidate, but as a "grassroots candidate."

Buck, who came from behind to pull off a 52 percent to 48 percent victory over establishment-backed former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton in the Aug. 10 Republican primary, faces a closely contested race against Sen. Michael Bennet (D) in the fall.   – More –