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Some Tea Party activists hope to shift from organizing political rallies to winning elections. What's behind the movement's appeal and its potential political impact.
Judson Phillips, Organizer, the National Tea Party Convention www.teaparty.com
John Avlon, senior political columnist, The Daily Beast and author of "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America" www.thedailybeast.com
Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform
Rick Perlstein, author of "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America" and "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus."
Brendan Steinhauser, Director, Federal and State Campaigns FreedomWorks
Its been called the most dangerous -- and most beautiful place on earth. A Kashmiri journalist recounts the pain of leaving his war-torn country as a boy and the gut-wrenching stories of the Kashmiris he met when he returned as a reporter.
Basharat Peer, journalist and a fellow at the Open Society Institute.
Join Diane Rehm as she interviews Carl Kasell at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium.