•Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent dismissal of the Tea Party movement as nothing more than the product of anxiety over the reeling U.S. economy suggests two things. The first is a lack of historical knowledge; similarly heavy job losses in the mid-1970s and early 1980s didn’t produce analogous movements. The second is that the governor hasn’t paid much attention to what Tea Party supporters are actually saying. Their focus isn’t as much on the economy as on the sense that the federal government is out of control, with spending actually more than doubling revenue in October and with President Barack Obama and Congress considering vast changes in health care – even though polls show most Americans are satisfied with their coverage. Both these concerns are valid. Too bad the media often focus on “birthersâ€