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The kit even came with google maps of the upcoming town hall events. and it worked, people read the pre-printed questions and shouted down and silenced the members of congress with questions about health care and it was all very intimidating and strategic. republicans looked back on shouty, shouty august 2009 as kind of a high water mark. it may not have let them stop obama care, which passed any way, but they always thought the big august helped them in the next year. now that we're in the odd year, and it is august again the republicans are trying to re-create that august magic, through the ...

Possibility there can. cantor media which tracks political ads has developed a political tracking tool which provides a glimpse of how people are feeling about the health care law. bottom line, most people hate it. so does anyone really think they can do this? >> that's a big question. going into august, this is a pivotal period and a book end from what we saw in august 2009, where members of congress went back to their districts and were met by this kind of wave of furious anger by tea party people at town hall meeting some foe meanted by conservative groups but helped sort of spin public sen...

And it's this time it's conservative activists commanding repeal. >> five sentences or less. can we depend upon you to vote against any budget bill that includes funding for the implementation of obama care? >> please do. >> yea! >> we told them we would try. >> if everybody republican votes against it, it does not get funded. that's a fact. >> no, sir, it has pass the senate and signed by the president of the united states. do you think the -- >> we need to show the american people we stand for conservativism. >> bring back the gaggle. john and mary and amy. you saw aaron there and rand paul ...

Once upon a time, august was the month off from politics. it is not anymore, because congress's august recess time is now august recess town hall time, which is the time in politics that we never had before 2009. because in august 2009, we got all of those shouty, shouty, super shouty town halls. >> you got the health insurance, your private employer -- you all are the most to gain. >> ahhhhhhhh so fun a shouting good time. what is important to remember about that screaming mess back in 2009 was that those seemingly spontaneous yelley grass roots town halls were not actually grass roots respon...

Are running fort ppresident of the united states is just to help them get donors and increase your mailing list. and it is really -- a lot of right wing congressmen. >> this is republican on republican crime. it is conservative on conservative. this is the sort of bizarreo version of august 2009 in what is going on here. you know, look, i think mike lee has -- the real issue here is mike lee clearly has a strategy, at least a campaign. he knows what he wants to say. ted cruz is on board and giving it more attention. instead of what i feel bad for these other house republicans who don't want to...