Fractures, Alliances and Mobilizations in the Age of Obama: Emerging Analyses of the 'Tea Party Movement' Panel 1: New Forms of Activism on the Right: The Tea Party - Emergence of a Movement? Presenters: Christopher Parker, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington Ruth Rosen, Professor Emerita of History, University of California, Davis; Visiting Professor of History, UC Berkeley Clarence Lo, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia David Weigel, Political Reporter, Slate, and MSNBC contributor Debra Saunders, Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle Chair: Jack Citrin, Director, Institute of Governmental Studies & Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley