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>> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we don't 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 first round of caucuses in 2000 or so precincts much earlier than before. they scheduled them firs...

They don't like the way their country is going and what we're doing is doing what the constitution says. we're petitioning our government, we're 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, there's certainly no shortage of energy. there's no shortage of individuals that talk about being frustrated with the state of affairs right now. how do you transform that energy and actually make it an organization that, one, has greater influence in the gop you'r...

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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 they put up someone who can actually take down a sitting incumbent. when the tea party --. >>neil: ...