. >> yes, my name is brad bolton. my interest is in the religious composition of the tea party movement and the rule religion plays. he made a distinction between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives, implying that there is more social conservatives in the midst. when i look at the priorities, they seem to be primarily fiscal, fiscally conservative priorities. so the latest composition and the role religion is plain. >> that was a question that we were interested in very much. we were interested in it, partly because -- the academic literature that we were familiar with going into this research, it would suggest that it is very hard for people to organize brand-new groups in a short period of time. in fact, given where american civic life has been over the last several decades, it is unusual to see regular local media groups form. going into the research, i thought many of these are going to be relayed as libertarian or christian conservative groups. religious conservative groups. we did not bind, for the mos