George Rebane
My spies in the TP movement inform me that the nationwide number of organized local TPP groups now number in excess of 2,200 and growing at a rate of approximately 50 per week. More good news rolls in from the left in that it appears the progressives are discounting the TPP as nothing more than a retread of conservative Republican copy. However the fear there is real in that we now see the launch of some pretty crass hit pieces like this one cobbled together of a TP gathering on Huffington Post (here). Note the injection of the screams and tussle of someone being manhandled. This is serious stuff. As one of my liberal friends in the news business wrote me, “The gloves are off.”
Some recent information from Mark Meckler, national co-coordinator of the Tea Party Patriot movement.
46% say tea party movement is good for America (145 million), 31% say bad (Rasmussen). 16% say they have signed up as "members" of a tea party (49 million) (Winston Group)
42% of Americans self identify as "conservative," 30% as "moderate" and 22% as "liberal".


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