all throughout the state we have led the largest tea party in the state the largest tax day tea party in the nation on april fifteenth. i vote we we've now twenty nine t. parties organize dozens of tea parties mr chairman our grassroots efforts are engaged they're energized and they're ready to fight for their freedom and if you try to raise our taxes and clamp on our liberties we're either going to. or make your life. thank you members flatly deny the charge that they are astroturf the name given to fight grassroots organizations that are essentially corporate fronts it's nonsense that there is no such thing among our our people as astroturfing i'm here with four hundred fifty other people from north carolina and we're all individuals. to find out more about the recent curiously publicity shy brothers and their company koch industries i turn to a man who's been investigating them for a number of years. diabetes from the environmental group greenpeace koch industries is the company nobody's ever heard of it's the second or first largest private company in this country we don't know ho

sweep and it tea party title way in the biggest why found for either party since nineteen forty eight the new one hundred twelve congress will feature forty tea party members a lot of libertarian leaning individuals within the tea party movement especially when it comes to taxes and over regulations ban got to this agenda that is taking us in the long direction it's a message of limits limits prostitution government printing the excessive government regulation the out of control the washington. there's a new day now the republicans took control of the house in november two thousand and ten very anti government agenda in fact one of their agenda items is to you know take out four government agencies like the part of education part of energy. when you have politicians elected who want to shut down the government it sets a pretty interesting tone for the debate. for me this newfound zeal for the coax radical free market ideology is the real revolution of the tea party movement has nothing to do with people and yield cost trends flags were holding protest events but it is a revolution tha

he had no problem dealing with the tea party. >> the republican party should appeal to the hip-hop generationble to talk to folks in a diverse way the republican party had not been able to do previously. with that said he's been successful in a way previous chairmans have not been. >> okay. sit right there. we have a little more time but i want to go to commercial for a moment. we'll be right back. >> 2012, does barack obama get re-elected? >> if there's a republican that can speak to middle america unlike mccain and some of the other candidates he's going to lose the white house in 2012. i'm your biggest fan. you know that. aww. you're the best, mr. snuggles. [ thinking another pet name? you're right, puggle-wuggle! [ voice on phone hey, wiggly. all right, i'm smart enough to notice that my favorite fresh-brewed mickey d's sweet tea is now on the dollar menu, along with that juicy mcdouble. so i'm smart enough for this. you're the best, too... sweet tea... pie? aww, chipmunk. nicely done, chipmunk. [ male announcer sweet tea and the mcdonald's dollar menu. the simple joy of being smart. ♪ >>

tea party and tea party movement were about. far from being patriots, those original tea partyers were mostly smugglers. some of them among the wealthiest men in america. merchants, among them, john hancock. yes, the john hancock who's bold significant on the declaration of independence left his name with the word signature. long before he put his john hancock on the declaration of independence, he was arguably among -- ash blue the wealthiest merchant banker in america on top of boston speak with the hill and commanding view of the massachusetts landscape and seaskip. far from espousing individual liberty, hancock and his fellow merchants in new england governed their businesses and community with economic ruthlessness that often left their competitors homeless and penniless. like today's tea party movement, the colonial tea party had almost nothing to do with tea. tea was nothing more than a social beverage for wealthy women, men seldom drank it, and it ranked below ale and rum, the beverages that american women consumed most.

we're the party of the middle class, the party of growth, the party of opportunity. we're the party that wants to make sure that everybody has a shared sacrifice so we can all share in prosperity, as well as the burden of society. but i'm telling you, this is how it's perceived. and we've got to break that perception. one thing that will help us break this perception is the nature of the changing demographics in this country. i think, jane, you are absolutely right. it's going to change the dynamics of american politics. and this whole politics of racial identity will become transformational at times. we've got to keep moving in that direction. it will be a slow move. we're going loo at the last 40 years and say, damn that went by fast, because right now it's going to be slower. but that requires -- and i want to say something about michael. >> >> can you hang on for just a second? >> that brother won. >> he did win. >> he won everything that he was given to win. but heasn't in the political class that wanted a winner. he served his purpose. i'm sorry, michael. i've

busy party is in the news today a c.n.n. poll released shows that only thirty two percent of americans approve of the movement as a lobbying forty seven percent of americans actually. disapprove of the tea party movement but more interesting than this astroturf movement that was bought and paid for by billionaires mult multimillionaires and the corporations frankly is the real tea party i'm talking about the boston tea party of seven hundred seventy three that autumn a flyer was nailed on people's front doors and trees all over boston in the middle the night signed by an enigmatic character who went under the pseudonym rustic us there's still some debate about who he really was it's make sure that your watchman be instructed as they go on their rounds to call out every night after past twelve be aware of these to india company the east india company conventional wisdom has it that the seven hundred seventy three t. act tax law passed in london the lead right to the boston tea party was simply an increase in the taxes on tea

coming out if you ever wonder what and who are the driving forces behind the tea party movement i'll talk to the director of a documentary that is uncover the truth behind the money that's funded the so-called grassroots movement. let's not forget that we had an apartheid museum right here in the. i think. one well. whenever the government says if it can feel safe get ready because you get their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big. yesterday we talked about how the tea party is using grille activism to silence progressive voices on the internet what we discovered was the most of those activism isn't springing up from the grassroots but instead being organized and paid for by super wealthy millionaires and billionaires today we're going to talk about how progressives are fighting back with their own forms of rule activism they go to this documentary jockey old called astro turf wars astr

and for the party.this is why i have made the decision to stand for that position of the leader of the free democrats. >> the fdp has lined up a new young leader of the rest of the party leadership remains. it is up to philipp rosler t show he has what it takes to turn the party's fortunes around. >> so, who is philipp rosler? he is young and very likely to become the deputy chancellor of germany as well as head of the fdp party. right now, he's a member of the chancellor's cabinet as minister of health. beyond that, he's an unknown figure in the german public's consciousness. we have a look at the man creating this country's latest political buzz. >> putting together a new fdp lineup has been a state in calculated moves with winners and losers. the former king has been toppled and is out o othe game. his post looks set to be filled by philipp rosler, 30 years old, and allegros to national promise after being named health minister just a year-and-a-half ago.o. he was a surprise pick in the coalition gov

what is the theme to the tea party what is the tea party about is it about just opposing this sort of posing and opposing this or is there an integrated be and that idea i submit to you in the idea i want to show you one today is the idea of the rights of man the basic issue of status of the destruction of the rights of those who produce in the united states and the tea parties of course are the battleground. we are today's cousin or me we are the thin line between freedom and the status of spokeo they want to create freedom is a wonderful thing to fight for it's time for us to join the army and that's something we all wanted to do. in nashville i met up with a collection of libertarian groups crossing the country pitching internet tactics for free market ideals over two hundred years ago guys a group of people just like you did something extraordinary ordinary people doing extraordinary things they were activists just like you i truly believe that they were activists then we are activists now make no distinction about it so what we do we become digital activists we identify the mediu

the national party which was the mubarak party and son. and the movement were allowed to operate in various manner. however they were always wide disciplined in their fleets and their members. but they were operating like say semi officially. now after the dismantling of the national party and collapse of its system and the burning of their headquarters, the whole arena is completely open only for one force which is the muslim brother hood. and therefore, i've been talking to many people, young people, old people, many different people are forming different parties. i found out people are talking more than working still thinking we have time. but the fact is we don't have time because in five months these elections will take place and they will be unfair because all the liberal civil parties pro free economy like myself people would have to reorganize, put themselves in one party and go for a competition against someone who has been waiting for that day for eight years. >> you have created a party. you do not want to be president. >> i do

we don't condone it. >> kevin hosted the party gathering in his home on the party's second anniversary. >> whether it's in the democrat party. any kind of racist act towards our president or anyone else is evil. >> the e-mail went to an unknown numb of elected officials. cbs reporter who contacted maryland davenport says davenport told her she sent the e-mail as a joke meant for friends and blamed the news media for blowing it out of proportion. now the chairman is asking davenport to step down. >> the e-mail is certainly very contrary to the message that we want to send to the voters. ethnic outreach and building the party and we can't have people that represent the party that are elected officials out making racist statements against people. whether they're the president of the united states or anybody else. >> although maryland davenport defends her e-mail, orange county republicans are moving quickly to do damage control. county republican party chairman is also asking for an ethics investigation into the incident. >>> don, thank you very much. >>> one of many around the country ma

at all. >> gary hosted the tea party gathering on the party's second anniversary. >> whether it's in the democrat party, any kind of racist act towards our president or anybody else? it isn't evil? >> e-mail went to an unknown number. the cbs reporter who contacted marilyn said davenport told us she sent e-mail as a joke and blamed the news media for blowing it out of proportion. now the chairman is asking daven fort to step down. >> well, the e-mail is very contrary to the message we want to send to the voters. ethnic outreach and building the party and we can't have people that represent the party that are elected officials out making racist statements against people. whether they are the president of the united states or anybody else. >> although she defends her e- mail, orange county republicans are responding quickly. chairman is not only asking davenport to resign, but calling for an ethics investigation. >> don, thank you very much. >>> well that tea party event was one of many around the country today marking the second anniversary of the tea party's tax day rally. the place

party? >> which tea party? >> the one at greenwich new jersey. >> no, afterwards. >> it was another tea party i didn't mention the dumped tea at greenwich new jersey which most people have never heard of and i never heard of until i did this book but it's along the delaware river in philadelphia. yes, ma'am? >> can you talk about what source is used for writing the book, or the new ones or the interpretations or? >> well, nothing is new and the sources are almost endless, the equivalent of three of those shelves over there. the diaries and writings of john adams, the writings of john adams are i think seven volumes and diaries of four volumes, the writings of sam adams and of thomas hutchinson, all of these people were prolific writers and kept their correspondence. so it's rich pool of research. yes, sir? >> all of this information be disclosed, why was a dormant for so long? >> let's not dormant, it's there in bits and pieces, and the problem with american history to -- i think i can gener

party. no question in his mind that he was the leader of the republican party. other people might question that. john boehner does not think of himself that way. he gets a lot of jokes made about his emotionalism. i think there is a genuine humility in him about the position he is in. he does not view his role in politics anywhere near the way that speaker gingrich did back in the 1990's. >> he fell out of leadership. so he has been in the room when he is imposing. one and never really serve for very long in any leadership role before he was in charge. >> let's open it up to the audience. we will start with michael barone in the first row. >> we know who you are. >> speaker boehner, then the minority leader, he was in this room in september saying that he was going to let committee chairman have the lead and encourage the development of bipartisan legislation such as the no child left behind act in which he worked with george miller. we have now really thought of it as a bipartisan thing. he

we're the party of the middle class, the party of growth, the party of opportunity. we're the party that wants to make sure that everybody has a shared sacrifice so we can all share in prosperity, as well as the burden of society. but i'm telling you, this is how it's perceived. and we've got to break that perception. one thing that will help us break this perception is the nature of the changing demographics in this country. i think, jane, you are absolutely right. it's going to change the dynamics of american politics. and this whole politics of racial identity will become transformational at times. we've got to keep moving in that direction. it will be a slow move. we're going look at the last 40 years and say, damn that went by fast, because right now it's going to be slower. but that requires -- and i want to say something about michael. >> >> can you hang on for just a second? >> that brother won. >> he did win. >> he won everything that he was given to win. but he wasn't in the political class that wanted a winner. he served his purpose. i'm sorry, michael. i'

how much power does the tea party have and the threat of tea party wrath have in this rticular cycle of tea party drama on capitol hill? >> i'm not sure they control this right now. what you're seeing is a sort of sliding scale here. you have the tea party people who are out rallying today and there weren't really very many of them out there. and you had michele bachmann and steve king from iowa playing to them. now, that's the iowa wing, which really refers to the 2012 presidential campaign. that's michele bachmann already campaigning for caucus votes in iowa in 2012. then you have jim demint who's from south carolina, another key presidential primary state, who's also banging his fist on the table saying you've got to get the 61 billion. meanwhile, the presidential candidates are for the most part staying silent. but i don't know how much pressure demint and bachmann really have on john boehner or even eric cantor in the end. boehner's going to cut the deal. eric cantor's going to squawk but he's probably going to go along with it in the end even as he tells the tea party people th

by the tea party they won or lost because of the tea party going to the party yeah we're going to the tea party took over the republican party in the house are going to take over the really make they're able to take over a look at what they're doing in the house it's all a joke they're not equating jobs that you know every american wants the government doing right now i mean job the american people rising to the front is the american people want a simple about the economy as you are a big government shrinks the profits are going to expand you're saying no i'm sure you understand it and you want to say you are saying get out of control budget that's it get that under control i would imagine and they look at the current situation and they say look this government is doing zilch the house is doing zilch to create jobs all they're talking about is cutting and that's going to cut a million jobs around the country what's left of our economic you're quoting that fraudulent number. going to be what he's going to do you know where he wants all along see if you will see are you going to cut a l

by the tea party they won or lost because of the tea party going to the party yeah we're going to the tea party took over the republican party and it was going to take over the really make they're able to take over a look at what they're doing there how it's all a job regulating jobs that do every american wants the government doing right job you'd never be their eyes doing the business the american people want to simple about the economy as you are a big government strengths the prophecy played spin and you're saying no i'm sure you understand that and you want to say you don't want to get out of control budget that's it get that under control i'm a freshman at our center and they look at the current situation and they say look this government is doing and zilch the house has to exists to create jobs all they're talking about is cutting and that's going to cut a million jobs around the country what does of our economic you're quoting that fraudulent number of. communities going nowhere he wants all along see if you will see i don't because of a letter to follow yet rather he wrote i

because the tea party is the only party that can fix this country. thanks, everyone.ou, phil. next we have bishop e.w. jackson from chesapeake, virginia. [crowd cheering] >> thank you. thank you. patriotic friends, our nation stands at a critical cross roads. when our founding fathers bequeathed us this nation, they bequeathed it on the basis of freedom for the american people, and sovereign of the american people, not the power of the government. [crowd cheering] >> we are in a dangerous circumstances right now. and some pay say that's an exaggeration. that's a foundation of our freedom is not at stake, but it is. and any time that you spend, you borrow 40 cents of every dollar that government spends, you are endangering our freedom. every time you tell us that you are racking up trillion-dollar deficits, you are endangering our freedom. and every time you make deals in the back room and you buy off people in the cloak room, and against the will of the american people, you force those policies into our living room, you are endangering the american people. get out of

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the party patriots, tea party buddies, tea party guys run according. there will be an event taking place in minnesota, this will be the -- tea party. in the congress itself, among the 80-plus freshman members, there may be 20 that have a connection to a key party organization in their desert. the other 60-;lus influence, but they have no connection to it. everything unpleasant happening around the country is blamed on the tea party. i think that is why the image of the tea party has gone somewhat downhill since the last election. >> also note that there are two party members who are not freshman. >> if anybody is trying to personify it, it is michelle bachmann. it has been helpful to the democrats. the republican party has become a radical in many ways. 42% of identified republicans cannot believe obama was born in this country. that is going right to the legitimacy of the president. there is a group of people in the party who are mad as hell and not taking it anymore, and they are impacting how issues are done with here in washington and at the state

that base of the party matters. they are the ones with the passion, the ones who helped republicans win in the house. shutting down the government might not be a smart or politically astute move for republicans. his standoff with bill clinton is shut it down back in 1995. bill clinton looks like a big figure. newt gingrich looked small. bill clinton was in the middle of his second term. this will probably be my answer for all of them. there is a win-lose proposition here. tavis: democrats, what do they have at stake here? >> this is about president obama and his brand. he got elected in part by his ability to make washington work again. to be a big enough figure to heal these divides. if congress shut down, he runs the risk of having that tarnished. if you go back to the 1995 example, he is still at the bowling pulled a. if he wants to talk about where republicans shut down the coverage, -- and the government, it will get coverage. republicans are even a little bit more nervous than democrats at the moment. tavis: l

based on the tea party the tea party is running is driving the train because they drove the frame last november i agree with what is driving the train them is that you have mainstream republicans that are fighting with those tea party and i judge and a detriment the reason that the reason the g.o.p. numbers have fallen in the house since the election is because we face a one point six five trillion dollar deficit and they're cutting sixty six billion it's a joke and the remember a can people know this and it was even bigger joke is that the democrats won't cut that much which is which makes them look patently absurd out of touch with reality and they have no idea what's going on with the american people basic economics and what starting this nation then we're going to raise a point earlier that democrats have been willing to cut it's just not the goal posts seem to continuously be moved on on the republican side and they've come to the table they said we were going to do x. y. and z. and then suddenly the conversation changes absolutely and really the real job here is how people like s

she didn't work for the party. she didn't have a party boss. no one asked her to do this. this was her sense of patriotism coming into play. she viewed herself as a patriot in the society of hezbollah. here she was in her skirt, suit, and heels, literally wading through the river because the bridge had been bombed so she could get to tahrir and take up the position that she remained in the next 34 days, working in the hospital. now she didn't seem as first glance at all like one would expect a hezbollah partisan to look like. she had waist-length hair, she wore it uncovered, she was happy, delighted to talk to foreigners, she had quite a flirtation manner, she enjoyed the company of her reporter, she was very open about her families affection for hezbollah and the role of the people in her village and working for the islamic resistance. she felt, basically, she had a very compelling story to tell. if she told it to as many foreign journalist as possible, the world would hear it and realize how fantastic hezbollah was. this sort of faith, again, was surprising. it's not wha

and the fourth party was another party.dn't let him in until end but he did like the last half hour of a two-hour debate and this is one of the moments in it. listen to see what their talking about. and the question coming from problem in 1968. we talked on the opening of the debate because it's so classic. >> the national debate live and in colorful from confederation hall in the west block of the parliament buildings in ottawa. >> mr. douglas says he doesn't expect to win and you cannot win because you're not fielding enough candidates. in view of the record of political instability that seems to go with the minor parties, are not all minorities is parliament one. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: it can certainly receive the support in the house of members who are there, not for the pleasure of playing politics but for the general good of the population. >> i think in fairness we have to realize that the kind of parliament we've had in the past have prevented the government from making as much progress as it wou

a 2012 calendar fight is brewing within the frun party. president republican party. iowa and new hampshire are scheduled one, two, three, four. but florida already has a die mare date and it's ahead of all of them in january 2012. now south carolina and iowa republicans are fighting back, urging the republican national committee to punish florida to the point where they would move the entire convention out of the state and get it out of tampa. well, the rnc issued a statement today saying look, the convention will stay where it is, but at the same time, it will enforce the rules agreed to by all states with respect to the primary and caucus calendar. so florida even tries to do a beauty contest or any of this stuff, they will lose half their delegates and be in a hotel room somewhere in the everglades. to be continued. we'll be right back. >>> i think that you have made it abundantly clear stop spending money you don't have. right? >> welcome back to "hardball." that was congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota speaking at the tea party's continuing revolution ral

despite the fact that last week's tea party gathering here in d.c. that garnered a few dozen people has picked up on loads of different media outlets fox out of their yesterday's protest with far more people receive no mainstream news coverage what's so ever why is that with more on this plus the latest on what's going on with the koch brothers lapdog scott walker in wisconsin i'm joined by reporter and blogger at think progress alex sites well alex welcome to the program thanks so much for me i'll come back thank you great to have you. protest yesterday what kind of press was on hand and how come we didn't see anything about this for a while i was on hand but aside from that i saw a few foreign press members and you know a few other progressive reporters i think i think i kind of a total of three reporters i mean i don't see everyone that's not a complete representative sample but you know we there are two thousand people out there that's according to an essay us to two thousand and eight hundred some tea partiers a week earlier yeah the network new

i mean, do the democrats have any guts at all to draw a line in the sand every time a party of tea party folks show up in the capitol, 200 or 300 of them? oh, we got to make more cuts. so we went to the senate democrats today. the producers of this show, "the ed show" put the request out to every single democratic press aide in the senate. we did this today. we said, we'd like to know whether there are any senate proposed $33 billion in budget cuts. if your boss is willing to do so, please let us know. that's an e-mail we sent to the press secretaries of all the democratic senators. you know how many showed up? not a single democrat accepted the offer. not one. why? because they don't want to go out and say to their constituents, well, we got to cut $33 billion. this is a tough thing to do. it's a tough bill to swallow. and the last time i saw the ratings on the tea partiers in this country, they're going down in the polls. we're seeing a shift. cutting anything right now is exactly the wrong thing to do. and the democrats are letting the tea party call the shots in my opinion. take a go

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but it's more predominant in the republican party, you know, because of the makeup of that party. on the democratic side, it's there, like it was there in california in the early 1990s. i remember barbara boxer called for sending troops to the border, as did dianne feinstein in the early 1990s. >> hinojosa: right. >> and they switched. >> hinojosa: as did governor bill richardson. >> and then they switched. they switched because they said, "okay, who butters my bread within the democratic party?" and in fact, latino voters are heavily concentrated there. and then in california, over the next several years, latinos added a million new voters and punished their enemies and rewarded their friends, and the state became a blue state. it wasn't always a blue state. it was a purple state. this phenomena we're seeing unfold in america now, it's like the california example writ large, where in '08 and in 2010 and probably through 2012, we're going to have these battles over the nature of america. are we going to stay true to our core values? are we going to stay true to the constitution? a

party. -- the tundra tea party. some may have a direct connection to a tea party organization in their districts. the other 60 are certainly influence, but they have no connection to it. everything on pleasant happening around the country is blamed on the tea party. -- nets \ >> their tea party members that are not freshmen. >> if anyone is trying to personify it, it is michelle kaufman. she is trying to be this amorphous group possible leader going forward. -- michele bachmann. she is trying to be this amorphous group's leader going forward. this is going to the legitimacy of the president. there is a group of people in the party who are mad as and not taking it anymore. that impacts how issues are dealt with here in washington, and that the state level, and it is one of the things that gives the democrats hope, and they had very little for months ago. >> it is not a third party. they are operating within the republican party. it is an important dynamic over the last election. returned, but these are republican can

chris: 2/3 of the tea party people don't like that word compromise. >> the tea party was in part a spasm not just against spending but against the washington establishment. what they're seeing is something like washington business as usual. that's the only way legislation gets passed. this is an lergic reaction to it. chris: according to our polling, the actually people who show up to caucuses like in iowa, they have that in their mindsets. will that keep steering these guys to be truck hasn't, like no deal? >> it will force them to rhetorically express sympathy and at the same time looks for ways to make a compromise. chris: president obama is playing electric like debonair, whistling past the graveyard. herself looking like the come -- compromising. is that because of the polling and because of the sur banyan identities want him to be? >> two reasons. one is the president starts out as a general election candidate. any of the republican presidential contenders have to play hard to the right to satisfy tea party afraids, social conservatives. the president doesn't have to play that game

the party voted against those tax reductions. the new democratic party will never cut taxes. >> that is too much to hear you say that. it is not true. >> mr. harper, your numbers do not add up. our numbers do. if you take corporate tax of 18%, and save $6 billion. it is a good, competitive rate. it will attract jobs and investments. that $6 billion you can invest in education. the biggest boost we can give to the economy is investing in education of our children. we can do this without raising taxes on canadian families. >> every credible analyst and business groups as if you raise taxes, you will hurt growth, jobs, and revenue. that is the truth. that is the path we do not want to go down. >> we need to roll back payroll taxes for small and medium businesses that do the hiring. we have unemployment rates of 16% among young canadians. that is something you have not done anything about in office. if we create an incentive to hire a smthe young people, that will create 170,000 jobs. >> we have something we're waiting for parliament

is the further debate good for the party? >> guest: i think it's up for the primary voters to decide the. if people are going to different opinions, he of a lot of different groups, or different candidates that are running, they will talk but different things at different times. i think it's up to the primary voters. i think having a diversity of opinion is fine. but ultimately, i think that voters usually get it right and will have a candidate and it's up to me to turn our party into a functional operational committee that can get that candidate across. >> you have any questions if this present is an american citizen? >> i don't have any questions about the. i think he is an american citizen. here is the thing. i think that he is not doing a very good job of keeping our economy on track. it's up to me as chairman of this party to see to it that he is defeated. >> isn't that a distraction? if they are just focus on questions over his citizenship and his birth certificate. there are so me questions about the economy, his leade

the party patriots, tea party buddies, tea party guys run according. there will be an event taking place in minnesota, this will be the -- tea party. in the congress itself, among the 80-plus freshman members, there may be 20 that have a connection to a key party organization in their desert. the other 60-;lus influence, but they have no connection to it. everything unpleasant happening around the country is blamed on the tea party. i think that is why the image of the tea party has gone somewhat downhill since the last election. >> also note that there are two party members who are not freshman. >> if anybody is trying to personify it, it is michelle bachmann. it has been helpful to the democrats. the republican party has become a radical in many ways. 42% of identified republicans cannot believe obama was born in this country. that is going right to the legitimacy of the president. there is a group of people in the party who are mad as hell and not taking it anymore, and they are impacting how issues are done with here in washington and at the state