Tea Party - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Tea Party Index / Organizations Transcript Andrew Stern ...about last time was the rise of the Tea Party and how you and others in your network... ...what the political significance of the Tea Party was. Yes. I think we badl... ...I think we badly underestimated the Tea Party in two ways, in retrospect. One is th... ...than what you can see. I feel like the Tea Party was another example of the iceberg; w... ...got knocked off in a convention by the Tea Party –type people. So I think they helpe... ...Bush people. So I think people just saw Tea Party supporters as right-wing, biased... ...in 2010? When did the lessons of the Tea Party get learned? Yes, I think 2010 wa... ...paid a lot more attention to the Tea Party . Fortunately, they proved, like man... ...audiences for a long time, and the Tea Party began to change that from somethin... ...No one had the courage to defy the Tea Party this is where the Tea Party mattered... ...to defy the Tea Party this is where the Tea Party mattered, for instance. The Republican... ...were lots of people looking at the Tea Party thinking, “If we break here, we'r... ...how the right—whether it's Trump or the Tea Party —is actually good at holdin... ...or others do it from the outside, as Tea Party or others did for different questions... ...have the— No, I mean— —energy of the Tea Party . The Tea Party was a manifestatio... ...mean— —energy of the Tea Party. The Tea Party was a manifestation that captured ... Show more... Carolyn Britton ...the House. And it had been raucous; the Tea Party had been out, and people had bee... ...and cussing and calling names, and the Tea Party , and stuff like that. So everybod... Elizabeth Fowler ...on health reform, and it spawned this Tea Party opposition. I think what made i... ...of national politics and the growing Tea Party and a lot of pressure on Republican... Kathleen Sebelius ...they had a big impact. I think the Tea Party birth, which really had begun with th... ...point, one of the calling cards for the Tea Party folks, which they all had these pocke... ...I think, grew at the same time in the Tea Party movement and in the world at larg... ...they had a big impact. I think the Tea Party birth, which really had begun with th... ...point, one of the calling cards for the Tea Party folks, which they all had these pocke... ...I think, grew at the same time in the Tea Party movement and in the world at larg... Show more... Lisa Jackson ...as the four years went on because the Tea Party movement happened, the sort o... Max Baucus ...and Trump has played on it. I think the Tea Party —its buildup. And that laid the seed... ...by various groups—including some Tea Party groups—to be less civil and to be mor... ...Well, this is about the time of the Tea Party . It was a big problem. Of course... Neera Tanden ...such a rallying cry on the right. The Tea Party was heavily, heavily—basically, workin... Richard Trumka ...bail out the banks and the rise of the Tea Party . You haven't said so explicitly, bu... ... I think I read somewhere that the Tea Party movement didn't come as a surprise t... Sylvia Burwell ...opposition at that time when the Tea Party was really getting going, and stuf... ...to gain trust? With regard to the Tea Party issue, the question was Rya... ...caucus, and could he? So that was the Tea Party dimension is, how much influence an... Tom Harkin ...protests. A lot of it was stimulated by Tea Party people. They were there just t... ...this proposal. Then the right wing, the Tea Party , people like that, started getting u... ...they're pushed to those extremes by the Tea Party and others. Now, I've been asked thi... ...the line with what I call the former Tea Party , right-wing agenda, and they broach n... ...Iowa—yes, that's fine. They get some Tea Party people—that's right—in there. But no... ...protests. A lot of it was stimulated by Tea Party people. They were there just t... ...this proposal. Then the right wing, the Tea Party , people like that, started getting u... ...they're pushed to those extremes by the Tea Party and others. Now, I've been asked thi... ...the line with what I call the former Tea Party , right-wing agenda, and they broach n... ...Iowa—yes, that's fine. They get some Tea Party people—that's right—in there. But no... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Middle East Coming soon Atlantic Relations Coming soon Financial Reform and Regulation Coming soon