party usa. you can maybe consider it a liberal or progressive alternative in the making to the tea party movement. this all started as a reaction to media coverage of the coffee party. it really started on facebook. they're having gatherings again this weekend across the country. here we had a cnn crew at a gathering here in washington, d.c. this is the second time they've done these gatherings across the country. this one this weekend is called coffee -- a national coffee summit. they have a lot in common with the tea party activists in that they don't think the federal government is really working for average americans, for regular citizens, but they differ in the solution. while the tea party, more conservative movement wants to downsize the federal government, coffee party members want to work with the federal government to fix it. also, one thing they have in common, a lot of tea party activists and coffee party activists are pretty new to the movement. take a listen to one coffee party activist we spoke to this morning. >> when i was in college i was involved in some activist organizations, but in the last 20 years or so, no, i haven't