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Anatomy Of The Tea Party Movement

Dec. 11, 2009
Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit The Tea Party movement has gained national prominence for leading organized protests against big government. But the movement itself is far from a cohesive group of supporters. No less than eight separate and sometimes competing...
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