On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Chip Berlet wrote:
> The grassroots wing of the Tea Parties is a social movement. Trying to
> analyze it as a political campaign organization is asinine.
Washington Post:
> But at least two uncertainties remain. First is the finding,
> in an extensive Washington Post canvass conducted last month,
> that local tea party groups are less organized and
> politically active than previously thought - and that much of
> the grassroots organization that swayed primaries was
> coordinated and financed by large national groups led by
> Republican insiders...
I.e., it really is more of a political campaign than a social movement.
Doug