Tea Party

A Tea Party Census, A New Angle In NV And Dems In The Streets: Tax Day 2010

Evan McMorris-Santoro | April 15, 2010, 6:18PM

Tea Party activists in Washington, D.C.

April 15 brought thousands of conservatives to Washington, D.C. just as it has in years past. But today's Tax Day protests were fueled by a unique fire in the belly amongst those present, who saw April 15 as not only their day to take a stand against taxation, but also as the starting line for an election cycle conservatives and Tea Partiers see as theirs for the taking.

The day of protests in D.C. began, not surprisingly, on a political note. The Tea Party Express presented its list of candidate targets for this year at a downtown press conference, and also rolled out their endorsement of the woman they say will defeat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Most tea partiers I saw picked up the theme, replacing their "Hands Of My Health Care" signs from the past with calls to oust specific Democrats up for reelection this year. Yet despite the focus on tea party politics, it supporters of President Obama who actually made the biggest splash at the first of today's two big rallies in the nation's capital.

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Obama Fans Storm Tax Day Tea Party In D.C. (VIDEO)

Evan McMorris-Santoro | April 15, 2010, 4:25PM

A group of Obama supporters stormed today's Tax Day Tea Party in downtown Washington, D.C., creating a brief and nonviolent ruckus among the tea partiers gathered to listen to Grover Norquist and Dick Armey on Freedom Plaza.

The pro-Obama group, known as "The Other 95%," held a counter-rally earlier in the day to thank Democrats for what they say are the tax cuts the party has given to 95% of Americans since Obama took power.

I happened to be standing right next to the Freedom Party steps when TO95 organizer Alex Lawson walked up with several other members carrying a massive banner reading "Thanks For Our Tax Cuts, Obama!"

D.C. cops quickly tossed the group off the plaza, but not before they got into a couple of shouting matches with tea partiers present. Check out my video of how it all went down -- and how one tea partier from Phoenix, AZ felt about it -- after the jump.

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