house, they are usually the last to know. i think that s right what you id. columbus where they had demonstrations and places like 1,000 people show up. i heard people say at the rallies 15 people across the street holding tea party signs. they are really overmatched. the influence of the tea party is felt among house republicans in columbus and in washington, the freshmen that subscribe to the tea party on philosophy and agenda, they re still there, still speaking out, still voting with their legislative cards unfortunately. so their impact is there, but our impact is longer term because in the end, people in this country care about fairness. that s why religious folks, that s why nonpublic employees, labor unions and nonunions alike, people in the workplace that care about being treated
uple months ago tathey re now becoming fearful of. in terms of natnal io importance of this and whether or not it is fully appreciated, also i guess whether or not this is going to translate into different politics on capitol hill as opposed to just in the streets of the state capitol around the cntry, there was suppedly a big national tea party convention this weekend in florida. theyad like 25 speakers, all of this entertainmt, aenist tea party folks. the turnout was something on the order of 300 people. g, empty conference roomfull of no tea partiers. meanwhe, eilry day if you google tea party, especilyal about how it iaffecting national politics, the coverage isust as intense as it ever wa as if this is still a movement drivi american politics. you have 100,000 people in the streets of madison. five straight weeks of tens of the beltway doesn t seem to be catching onto e fact this may whether it is the senate and