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Inside Tea Party America
The GOP establishment was stunned last Tuesday night when a "tea party" backed insurgent candidate, Christine O'Donnell beat nine-term Rep. Mike Castle for the Delaware Senate nomination. That election and other Tea Party wins have provoked heated debate about who the Tea Partiers are, where they came from, what they stand for, and what they mean for the future of American politics. More than anyone else writing about the movement, Kate Zernike is examining the activists behind the Tea Party, their motivations, their philosophy and their mission. She tells all in her new book Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America.
The GOP establishment was stunned last Tuesday night when a "tea party" backed insurgent candidate, Christine O'Donnell beat nine-term Rep. Mike Castle for the Delaware Senate nomination. That election and other Tea Party wins have provoked heated debate about who the Tea Partiers are, where they came from, what they stand for, and what they mean for the future of American politics. More than anyone else writing about the movement, Kate Zernike is examining the activists behind the Tea Party, their motivations, their philosophy and their mission. She tells all in her new book Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America.
Guest:
Kate Zernike, author of Boiling Mad and national correspondent for the New York Times