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I met Karen Martin, a few days before New Year\u2019s, at a cafe in Greenville, the hub of conservative politics in South Carolina. A 54-year-old refugee from the North Shore of Massachusetts, Martin is the lead organizer of the nearby Spartanburg\u00a0Tea Party<\/a>. Another Tea Party leader described her to me as a grown-up, and in fact, Martin turned out to be the kind of activist \u2014 ideology notwithstanding \u2014 who makes you feel hopeful about the new age of political uprising. She recounted how she burst into tears at the moment she realized, watching the news in 2008, that children growing up today wouldn\u2019t have the economic opportunities that she did. She talked about how the Tea Party would need to mature and become more politically sophisticated in the years ahead. \u201cI think the movement is just too young and too emotional,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n
Then our conversation turned to\u00a0Mitt Romney<\/a>, and Martin\u2019s sunny countenance darkened. \u201cI don\u2019t know a single Tea Party person,\u201d she said, slowly drawing out her words, \u201cwho does not despise Mitt Romney to the very core of their being.\u201d I searched her face for levity or compassion, but found neither.<\/div>\n
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