Shane Goldmacher

Shane, happy Sunday.

Shane, happy Sunday.

Yeah, it's actually a question that I was down in Washington, D.C. this week asking Democratic lawmakers and Democratic officials even before this shutdown fight exploded. And the question I was asking is whether the Democratic Party is facing its own Tea Party moment.

Yeah, it's actually a question that I was down in Washington, D.C. this week asking Democratic lawmakers and Democratic officials even before this shutdown fight exploded. And the question I was asking is whether the Democratic Party is facing its own Tea Party moment.

For years and years, it's been the Republican voters who have been angry, and they've been angry at their own party, and they've been angry at the Democratic Party. And for the first time in many years, Democrats are describing that same kind of anger.

For years and years, it's been the Republican voters who have been angry, and they've been angry at their own party, and they've been angry at the Democratic Party. And for the first time in many years, Democrats are describing that same kind of anger.

They're saying that at their town halls, even in deep blue districts, voters are coming up upset and angry and wanting more, more fight, more action, more something. And the parallel... is really the first year of Barack Obama's first term.

They're saying that at their town halls, even in deep blue districts, voters are coming up upset and angry and wanting more, more fight, more action, more something. And the parallel... is really the first year of Barack Obama's first term.

So Barack Obama wins... And the Democrats have then, just as the Republicans do now, complete control of the federal government.

So Barack Obama wins... And the Democrats have then, just as the Republicans do now, complete control of the federal government.

both chambers of commerce and the White House. And the Republican voters were almost immediately angry.

both chambers of commerce and the White House. And the Republican voters were almost immediately angry.

They're angry at having lost.

They're angry at having lost.

They're angry at the scale of the defeat.

They're angry at the scale of the defeat.

And then they're angry at the Obama agenda.

And then they're angry at the Obama agenda.

Obama gets this massive stimulus package passed.

Obama gets this massive stimulus package passed.