"Tea Parties, Protests, and the New American Politics"
Radical politics has a long history in America, ever since a group of elite entrepreneurs disguised themselves as Indians and dumped imported tea into Boston Harbor to protest high taxes.  The modern Tea Party group follows in the wake of such political reformers as abolitionists, nativists, Populists, Progressives, Socialists, Red Scare activists, Civil Rights protesters, anti-war demonstrators, and other groups too numerous to mention. 

Whether the Tea Party survives as a strong protest movement depends on the actions taken in response by the two main US political parties, and also depends on how politicians supported by the Tea Party actually do on the job.		 paulrundquist_160x232

The level of Tea Party support seems to be declining, but it may be premature to call the Tea Party a dying movement.  Four years ago at this time, Hillary Clinton and Rudy Guiliani were the strongest candidates for president in 2008.  So, who can be sure what the future holds for the group that wants to take back "its" America?

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