That is thanks in large part to the grass roots movement known as the Tea Party and the efforts of conservative commentators like Glenn Beck.

这主要是因为所谓的茶叶党基层保守派运动和格伦·拜克等保守派媒体人的努力。

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After we have finished tea, we will sit on the grass.

喝完茶之后我们将坐在草地上。

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Plant aroma is the smell of grass, dried plant, peppers, eucalyptus, mint, tea or asparagus. And even it can be identified as fresh, dried, or cooked.

植物的香气，闻起来像青草、干植物、青椒、桉树、薄荷、茶叶或芦笋等，你甚至可以分辨出它们是新鲜的、干燥的还是煮熟的。

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The Tea Party movement is not a political party, but a loose grouping of conservative grass roots activists who oppose the health care bill and taxes and who want to reduce the power of the federal government.

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Many were members of the Tea Party movement, which is made up of loosely organized groups of grass roots conservative, Libertarian and anti-tax activists who oppose the Democrats' health care plan, saying that it imposes too much government involvement in the economy and people's lives.

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"It's a huge blow to President Obama, and a big boost to the Republicans, particularly to the Tea Party grass roots, " says Dean Clancy, a health specialist at Freedomworks, a conservative campaign group.

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Members of the Tea Party Express, a leading arm of the grass-roots movement, have traversed the state by bus in support of Cruz.

CNN: Texas GOP Senate primary heads to runoff

Politically inclined grass-roots activism on both the right and left is alive and well on Meetup in the thriving number of tea party and Occupy Wall Street groups using the site.

CNN: From Howard Dean to the tea party: The power of Meetup.com