The Battle ’10 blog points me to the Rubio 10 Questions interview in the New York Times. It includes this exchange:

Q: Do you see yourself as part of the Tea Party movement?
A.“I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken – both parties are to blame – and if we don’t do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost and it will become just like everybody else. The last time we were in a place like this was in 1993-94. If we had the technology back then of social media or the Internet, you probably would have had Tea Parties then.”