I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.
Zephyr TeachoutI tend to be a kind of left federalist. There's a value to more power of certain kinds being positioned at a more local level.
Zephyr TeachoutNew York City is one of the most vulnerable cities in the world to climate change, so I see Keystone as the central threat to New York.
Zephyr TeachoutPeople think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.
Zephyr Teachout