North Shore Sun

Two conservative groups, Suffolk 9/12 Project and the Conservative Society for Action, informally known together as Tea Party groups, say their numbers have reached into the thousands since they were founded early last year and late 2008, respectively. The local conservative groups have been credited on Fox News recently as helping get the country's first official tea partyer, Dean Murray, elected to public office as a state Assemblyman in last month's special election. Now they've turned their sights on congressmen Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Steve Israel (D-Huntington), as well as other perceived liberal lawmakers up for election in November. Can they reshape Long Island's political landscape? And can they last?

We attempt to answer those questions in the March 5 edition of The North Shore Sun.