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...looking for a leader?" boomed Mark Lloyd, chairman of the Lynchburg Tea Party, which organized the debate. A smattering of hands shot up. "You're wrong," Lloyd told them. "If you're looking for a leader, look in the mirror. These people are not here to be your leader. This is a job application, and you are the boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Too Many Tea Partyers Spoil the Revolution? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...purpose is not just to make signs and raise hell," says Lloyd, sitting in a hotel lobby with two members of the Lynchburg Tea Party. Like many Tea Party leaders, he's preaching the power of civic engagement - the importance of poring over voting records, parsing candidates' rhetoric and tapping those who will do the people's bidding. In this district, as in other regions where distrust of government runs deep, the congregation is growing. "People need to understand that whoever you vote for, these guys work for you," says Dion Richardson, a Lynchburg lawyer. "They're not rock stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Too Many Tea Partyers Spoil the Revolution? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

This enthusiasm on display in Lynchburg is not without risks for the GOP. "In the beginning, maybe these activists wanted to push the Republican Party in a more conservative direction, and they were willing to do whatever it took," says Isaac Wood, a political analyst at the University of Virginia. "Now that they're getting involved in the political process, they may realize that Goal No. 1 is unseating Perriello, and nominating as conservative a person as possible is No. 2." The fervor could end up hurting them, Wood adds, if one of the Tea Party hopefuls decides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Too Many Tea Partyers Spoil the Revolution? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...have a large choice of movies or a movie theater nearby? I'm a big fan of Netflix. I've never had any delay in delivery, and I enjoy a wide choice of foreign movies, old and new. Netflix is a service I could not live without. Therese Namenek, LYNCHBURG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...curbside care is simple: you pull up, read about the risks and sign a consent form, then bare your bicep and get a shot--all without leaving the driver's seat. In October in Lynchburg, Va., the Central Virginia Health District's first drive-by clinic served 300 patients in 3 1/2 hours. That's less than 45 seconds per vaccination (and no time cooped up in a room with possible germ spreaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drive-By Flu Shots | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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