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Tea Party Begins To Wear Out Its GOP Welcome

Washington Post | Aaron Blake | Posted 04.06.2012

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The tea party may have won Republicans the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2012, it’s looking like it could help Democrats retain the White ...

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Herman Cain and the Tea Party Legacy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.06.2012

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Sarah Palin, who no longer had any role in Washington or elsewhere in politics, could meet the Tea Party appetite for extremist rhetoric more than even a right-wing senator like Jim DeMint, who still had a real job, could. Today Herman Cain is in a similar position.

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Maddow Laments GOP Crowd's Chilling Applause

Posted 11.14.2011

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Rachel Maddow said she knew who the "clear loser" of Monday's GOP presidential debate was: a 30-year-old sick man with no health insurance. As Madd...

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Harry Reid: Boehner Afraid Of Tea Party

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 06.04.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claimed on Sunday that GOP leaders, and particularly Speaker of the House John Boehner, were allowing themselves to ...

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CPAC 2011: Tea Party Welcomed By GOP

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — GOP to tea party: Welcome to OUR party. Not so long ago, the Republican Party and its conservative base weren't sure what to make ...

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Tea Party Movement Supported By 71% Of Republican Voters (POLL)

The Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten & Danny Yadron | Posted 05.25.2011

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The tea party has emerged as a potent force in American politics and a center of gravity within the Republican Party, with a large majority of Republi...

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What Is The Tea Party? Your Guide To The Movement

Posted 05.25.2011

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Big wins Tuesday night for the Tea Party in Delaware and New York have provided additional fodder against the contention of some that the Tea Party is...

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Tea Party Becoming The New GOP?

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in...

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GOP Civil War: Will The Tea Party Or The Establishment Control The Agenda?

The Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 05.25.2011

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...The elections last week in Florida and Alaska also pointed to ideological differences and personal enmities that have played out in Republican prim...

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Democrats Look To Capitalize On GOP Civil War

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's so...

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Some Failed Tea Party Candidates Not Willing To Back Victorious Opponents

USA Today | Kathy Kiely | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's just the latest example of the GOP's Tea Party dilemma. In several high-profile races where the small-government activists have been a factor, st...

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Ground Zero Mosque Debate Driving Wedge Between Tea Party, GOP

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debate over the proposed mosque near ground zero, which has tied Democrats in knots, turns out to be just as tricky for their adversaries on the r...

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Rep. Bob Inglis, Confessions Of A Tea Party Casualty

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP Rep. Bob Inglis slams Republican demagoguery, bemoans anti-Semitic tea party conspiracy nonsense, decries Sarah Palin's ignorance, and looks for a...

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The Tea Party's Impossible Anti-Government Dream

Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011

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The recent outsized importance given to a small band of anti-government activists only sets up an epic struggle between Big Government Obama and the Angry Anti-Tax crowd. As usual, we ignore the majority in the middle.

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GOP Crowd-Sourcing Its Policy Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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This time around, the GOP is crowd-sourcing its contract. House Republicans want your help "develop[ing] a new governing agenda," according to a state...

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Tea Party Patriots Founder Forced Out Over Support Of GOP-Linked 'Astroturf' Group

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party Patriots did not want to lose Amy Kremer. The Atlanta activist had co-founded the organization. She'd helped organize some of the biggest ev...

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Tea Party Fallout: Independents Turned Off, Some GOPers Worried

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been two days now since angry conservatives hosted a series of tea parties across the country, and the fallout has some Republicans nervous. W...

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Krugman On Tea Party Movement: "Embarrassing To Watch"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anti-tax organizers of "tea parties" around the country have tried to keep out fringe elements like birth certificate conspiracy theorists and potenti...

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