Washington (CNN) — Is the Coffee Party on the scale of the Tea Party movement? Saturday is the first big test in attempting to answer that question. Leaders of the fledgling movement say they plan to hold 350 to 400 events at coffeehouses across the country. While the Coffee Party has become an instant hit online, gauging the success of Saturday’s coast-to-coast events could be an indicator of the group’s strength.
"We need to wake up and work hard to get our government to represent us," says Annabel Park, the movement’s founder.
Angry at what she perceived as media overexposure of the conservative Tea Party movement, Park, a 41-year-old Washington-area documentary filmmaker, used her Facebook page to call for a Coffee Party. CONTINUED
