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The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism.
On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010. In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199912834 0199912831 128342746X 9781283427463 9780199832637 0199832633 9786613427465 6613427462 |