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Included in Popkey's "blog" post is Sen Mike Crapo's guest opinion piece. Looked at the main Idaho Statesman site and didn't see the opinion there. Just seems to be included with the blog post.

Here is the first paragraph excerpted:

"Back in September, I wrote a column defending the First Amendment rights of the many Tea Party groups that sprouted up to protest the big government policies of the new Administration. At that time, many on the left and in the media tried to portray this as a temporary distraction that would soon fade. They assumed ridiculing and demonizing participants would marginalize the Tea Party movement in hopes of making it irrelevant. Exactly the opposite has happened. This grassroots movement has only grown in size and commitment since the first rallies early last year.

Like any excerpt for CR you'll have to click the link to read the full post and opinion piece.