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>> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we dont want to see any more smoke filled rooms. >> iowa kcaucus historian said that led to big changes for his state. >> in 1972 they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at the precinct level, then the county then the state and finally to the national convention so there was citizen input from the start. >> that new elongated process required iowa democrats to hold their...

They dont like the way their country is going and what were doing is doing what the constitution says. were petitioning our government, were assembling peacefully to express our displeasure and we are being patriotic americans and there just really is not a fringe group out there that a lot of people keep talking about. >> well, theres certainly no shortage of energy. theres no shortage of individuals that talk about being frustrated with the state of affairs right now. how do you transform that...

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Questionable ethics. this is not what people want representing them in washington, dc. it is bad enough we get big government and now it is coming to us in an unethical way. >>neil: a lot of republicans, jennifer, voted for raising the debt limit and voted for the bailouts but it is as if the tea party targeted these now including the congresswoman. >>guest: well, again, the tea party as a whole we did not do anything but in the local districts, how well organized are they on the ground, and can...

The caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, elongated process, required io...

Rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, ...

Make new rules to get the party rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen inp...

>> that spurred democrats to make new rules to get the party rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convent...