How can something be grassroots and yet neither independent nor populist?
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From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of Doug Henwood Sent: Fri 7/23/2010 10:22 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Are recessions better for the left or right?
On Jul 23, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Stephen Cheng wrote:
> What are some those polls and surveys? I've been meaning to do some
> research into the Tea Party movement(s).
I posted this here the other day:
http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2010/07/special-report-on-the-tea-party-movement/
> The 'Tea Party' is very real and will have a big impact on this year's election and beyond - but it is important to correctly characterize this movement. The Tea Party is a grass-roots, intensely ideological, conservative Republican movement, fired up by Fox News and Glenn Beck. It is not remotely an independent or populist revolt against the elites or a working class revolt rooted in frustration with the recession, Wall Street and government.
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