you write about amy cramer in the book. who is she? >> is she the one if tea party sfres. >> yes. >> flight attendant from south florida, single mother, angry because her own child was trying to get into the work force, saw what was happening in the economy. we had her in a previous class here at c-span in the fall of 2010, and she told us her story. let's watch. >> well, i personally got involved about a year and a half ago when the tea party movement first started, but really it goes back a little bit before that the in the fall of 2008. during the campaign of mccain and obama, and even a little bit before that with the bush administration and the out of control spending, i was concerned about the direction of our country. i had a daughter that went away to college, my only child, and so i got on facebook in an effort to keep up with what was going on in her life. through facebook i became acquainted with twitter, and then through twitter i came together with some other conservatives. there were rumblings through the conservative wor

as you hair aear amy cramer wha you think? >> the term rino is concerning when you talk about people in your own party. i'm very involved in local politics, and you especially say in local politics the don't agree on certain things. people their own party cannot accept differing views, i think it leads to the fractions that happen in a party can end up destroying a party. it's very concerning. politics is all about compromise. as much as the tea party does not want us to compromise at all on certain issues, it's impossible. this country's too diverse. there are too many differing opinions. you have to compromise on some issues, and if they're not willing to compromise at all within their own party, they're going to have a real hard time in washington trying to get business done with half the people there being a completely different party. so, i mean, there's certainly issues you need to fight for. i think at times they need to tone down the rhetoric and, you know, try to get something done because if nothing gets done, nobody