Obama had a mandate for change and Trump clearly does not.

- Ezra G. Levin

Another crucial thing the tea party did really well is to focus in on the folks who are more or less on your side, and make sure they are as bold as …

- Ezra G. Levin

One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out which of thei…

- Ezra G. Levin

You have to be local. You have to focus on your local members of Congress.

- Ezra G. Levin

When someone is running for reelection in Texas, they're not looking for votes in California or New York.

- Ezra G. Levin

Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old…

- Ezra G. Levin

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial.

- Ezra G. Levin

I really do not think there is a serious split between Republicans and Democrats in Congress in how responsive they are to constituents.

- Ezra G. Levin

The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is indeed possible for a committed, …

- Ezra G. Levin