After the rally: the constitution, taxes … and God

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The Tea Party movement has billed itself as “grassroots libertarian,” and has focused on government over-spending and attention to the Constitution in its rallies to date. Glenn Beck’s ostensibly non-political “Restoring Honor” rally this weekend turned to religion, invoking God as a force of change. How will religion play a role in the movement from here on out ? and will it be a force of growth or a dividing line?

The Takeaway speaks to John Avlon, Daily Beast Senior Political columnist and author of ?Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America.?

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