Can the left get its own 'tea party'?

The author of this article states:

"What's been missing in the Obama presidency is the productive interaction with outside groups that Franklin Roosevelt enjoyed with the labor movement and Lyndon B. Johnson with the civil rights movement. Both pushed FDR and LBJ in more progressive directions while also lending them support against their conservative adversaries."

Have grassroots progressive movements and the Obama administration worked together effectively? If not, why? Do you think the left needs its own 'tea party'?


See the original Chicago Tribune article here
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