Even as most Americans have figured out that they do not like the tea party, its clout has grown in Washington and state capitals, writes Theda Skocpol.
Bill recommends investigative journalist Julia Angwin's new book, Dragnet Nation, and reflects on the striking similarities between some classic dystopian novels and America today.
"Truth is always stranger than fiction," notes this week's guest, Mike Lofgren. "It is also more urgently connected to the information we need to know to live as citizens. Yet fiction is more compelling."