Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism Skocpol Theda
This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election.On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to…
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This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election.On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing losers who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for Tea Party protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010.In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several