AND NOW THE SEQUEL - AT 11:15 A.M. ET:  Tea parties are coming back, this time targeting the Democratic health-care "reforms."  Fox News reports:

If Democratic lawmakers thought all the furor over President Obama's health care plan expressed this month at town hall meetings was dying down, they might be in for a surprise Saturday.

That's when citizens are planning anti-"Obamacare" rallies across the country Saturday in all 435 congressional districts.

And their message is clear: We will not stand for socialized, government-controlled health care.

The same groups who made the "tax tea parties" possible in April are behind this weekend's movement. American Liberty Alliance, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity are working with The Sam Adams Alliance, among others, to stage the rallies.

COMMENT:  It is remarkable to see the amount of political activity we're having in August, when politics often shuts down, except for political conventions.  But it is critical that this push be extended into September and October.  The administration still has the media on its side, and it's easier for the president to organize a PR push, with TV coverage, than to get hundreds of thousands to come to rallies.  Don't let up.

August 22, 2009