The tea party movement, rallies, and town hall protests have made a significant impact on recent history and the public policy debate. It reached out and spoke to millions of Americans, many of whom never before participated in rallies or the political process in general. It revived interest in America's founding principles, including individual liberty, small government, personal responsibility, and fiscal conservatism, and brought them back into the mainstream political dialogue. It has been a wake-up call to politicians on the local, state, and federal levels. Protesting has long been seen as antithetical to libertarianism and conservatism. Protest events are, however, quite useful and they draw attention from the media, and with the solidarity of a movement, they apply necessary pressure on the professional politicians. Any rally, march or protest should be held to three crucial, though not exhaustive, conditions: publicity, solidarity, and pressure. Counter radicals must reject the hero-worshipping of politicians and instead embrace the ideals for which they stand, embracing politicians as necessary evils, imperfect vehicles for these ideals, constantly insisting on consistency and honesty from them not only in words but action. The tea party movement saw hundreds of thousands of Americans get involved in the political process in ways they never have before. This is an incredible thing, but it needs to last beyond rallies and the immediate policy battles.