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...Fifth Congressional District is shaping up to be like many races in 2010: marked by uncommon passion. Seven Republicans are running for the chance to unseat Perriello. Nearly all of them are unburdened by the baggage of a political past, enlivened by a wheezing economy, buoyed by the Tea Party movement and incensed by Washington's profligacy. They are targeting the 56% of Americans who believe the federal government poses an immediate threat to their freedom, according to a recent CNN poll, and tapping into renewed fears about the country's direction. If Republicans can harness that passion...
...Gitmo and close the borders. From the reaction of the raucous crowd, the candidates have their ears close to the ground. "I look where our government, both Republicans and this Administration, has taken us, and I see us at the abyss," says Kurt Feigel, a Web designer and Tea Party activist...
...been dogged by a 2004 vote for higher taxes. His six rivals were quick to paint him as part of the despised Washington establishment. "I'd like to see 435 different members in the House. Within a year, we'd fix this country," says McKelvey, who attended Tea Party meetings before being inspired by Glenn Beck's 9.12 project and deciding to mount a bid. Tall and brusque, with a silver goatee and a penchant for talking about himself in the third person, McKelvey won the unofficial straw poll with 28% of the vote after making one of the bluntest...
...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...
...while Tea Party leaders say they aim to spur critical thinking, at times the candidates and crowd seemed gripped by groupthink. Tea Party volunteers distributed slips of paper with the group's core principles - limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, free market and constitutional governance - and asked the audience to tick off boxes next to candidates whose answers matched those tenets. "Government is there to protect the people. It's only there to provide security. And now it's usurping more and more duties," says Israel Jackson, a Liberty University student volunteering on Campbell County businessman Ron Ferrin's campaign...