It’s loud, even raucous at times and almost none of the participants seem to be enjoying it, but democracy is working across America this week.<\/p>
In out-of-the-way places like Blackstone, VA, Lawrenceburg, KY, Fairview, TN, and Iowa Falls, IA, people are filling school auditoriums, city hall chambers, and church fellowship halls to hear and to confront their representatives in Washington.<\/p>
Their ire is directed mostly at Republicans, who now control both the White House and Congress and after decades spent rhetorically tearing down government must now assume responsibility for it.<\/p>