“The case against the tea-party movement is constantly evolving. Initially, they were written off as ‘astroturfers,’ faux populists paid by K Street lobbyists to provide damaging footage for Fox News’s Obama coverage. Then they were deemed racists who couldn’t handle having a black president. But now that the movement — or, more broadly, the Obama backlash — has become so widespread, it’s being chalked up to populist anti-elitism.” (03/17/10)