{"id":541860,"date":"2010-04-23T07:42:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T11:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/23\/are-the-tea-partiers-losing-steam\/"},"modified":"2010-04-23T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T11:42:07","slug":"are-the-tea-partiers-losing-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/541860","title":{"rendered":"Are the Tea Partiers Losing Steam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/11159181\/1bcue5\/alternet~Are-the-Tea-Partiers-Losing-Steam\" >Are the Tea Partiers Losing Steam?                     <\/a><br \/>It is hard to see how, in a nation tilting toward the &quot;have-not&quot; column, the Tea Party crowd&#8217;s placebo politics can sustain them as an enduring national political force.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/11159181\/1bcue5\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>It is hard to see how, in a nation tilting toward the &quot;have-not&quot; column, the Tea Party crowd&#039;s placebo politics can sustain them as an enduring national political force.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;submitHeadline=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/buzz.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Delicious\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;title=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/delicious.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Digg This\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;title=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/digg.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;t=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/facebook.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;title=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/reddit.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"http:\/\/stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam&#038;title=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/stumble.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Tweet This\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Are+the+Tea+Partiers+Losing+Steam%3f+http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fnews%2f146586%2fare_the_tea_partiers_losing_steam\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/twitter.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/alternet\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/rss.gif\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/11159178\/1bcue5\/alternet~Is-It-Possible-to-Be-Elitist-in-a-Good-Way-The-Organizers-of-TED-Would-Like-You-to-Think-So\" >Is It Possible to Be Elitist in a Good Way? The Organizers of TED Would Like You to Think So                     <\/a><br \/>With a $6,000 price tag, TED caters to an exclusive group of tastemakers and moguls &#8230; is it enough that anyone can watch videos from the conference for free? <Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/11159178\/1bcue5\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>With a $6,000 price tag, TED caters to an exclusive group of tastemakers and moguls &#8230; is it enough that anyone can watch videos from the conference for free?<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2fvision%2f146344%2fis_it_possible_to_be_elitist_in_a_good_way_the_organizers_of_ted_would_like_you_to_think_so&#038;submitHeadline=Is+It+Possible+to+Be+Elitist+in+a+Good+Way%3f+The+Organizers+of+TED+Would+Like+You+to+Think+So\"><img 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