Tea Party Movement

Palin Tested After Rebellion Against Tea Party

Politico | Posted 05.29.2012

Everyone has wondered who the Sarah Palin of 2012 would be. The answer is…Sarah Palin....

Congressional Candidate Promises Traveling Tea Party Fight

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.25.2012

A Democratic congressional candidate in New Jersey promised during a debate Thursday to travel the country fighting Tea Party members of Congress. ...

Dems: Mourdock Running Away From Tea Party

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are criticizing Indiana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for removing pre-primary material from his website, ...

West: Obama 'Obsessed With Being On Mount Rushmore'

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2012

Cornel West criticized President Barack Obama, saying he's "obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore" and is focusing too much on his "legacy." “I ...

John Celock

Tea Party Leaders Think They've Found Winning Formula

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.19.2012

WASHINGTON -- A week after unseating a six-term incumbent senator, leaders of FreedomWorks, a national Tea Party organization, said they have the winn...

Tea Party, Conservatives Clash In Key State

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

By Nick Carey NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legis...

John Celock

Agenda 21, UN's Sustainability Measure, Banned By New Hampshire House

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.17.2012

The Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to ban implementation of policies connected to the United Na...

Hoosier Heresy or Wisdom, 2012 Style?

Christopher Arterton | Posted 05.16.2012

Christopher Arterton

The recent primary victory by Richard Mourdock over Dick Lugar should send greater shock waves through Washington than merely the one Senate seat now potentially up for grabs. Evidently, Tea Party-backed candidates will be continuing their war against the politics of compromise.

The Mitt Romney-Ron Paul Connection Grows Ever More Curious

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.14.2012

Stewart J. Lawrence

Whether Rand Paul could now -- against all odds -- catapult him to the vice presidency is likely to be one of the more compelling dramas to unfold as the GOP nominating race slowly draws to a close.

Occupy Wanes, Ignoring 'Regime Change'

Arthur Bruzzone | Posted 05.11.2012

Arthur Bruzzone

Occupy protesters have held Obama blameless. That's not the case for Occupy's distant cousin, the Tea Party movement. They actively opposed Republican candidates across the nation -- which gave way to campaign politics. They found an end game.

Fanatical GOP Could Cause Constitutional Crisis

New York Magazine | Posted 05.09.2012

The defeat of Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican Senate primary is the kind of event that would have been shocking just a half-dozen years ago, a...

The GOP's Least Known but Best Qualified VP Candidate May Be a Woman

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.07.2012

Stewart J. Lawrence

Mitt Romney's wife Ann may not be the only "secret weapon" the GOP's presumptive nominee is planning to deploy this fall to try to surmount his embarrassing double-digit gender gap with President Obama among women voters.

Tea Party Rival Looks To End GOP Senator's Long Career

AP | TOM LoBIANCO | Posted 05.05.2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Richard Lugar has shown through a lengthy Senate career that he can broker compromises on international and domestic i...

Tea Party Predicts Downfall of Tea Party

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.03.2012

Alex Brant-Zawadzki

Leaders of the Tea Party acknowledged on Wednesday that if the recall effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is successful, it would effectively kill their movement.

John Celock

Tea Party Group Claims Policy Victory In Senate Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.21.2012

With polls showing a battle to the finish in Saturday's state Republican convention vote for U.S. Senate in Utah, a national Tea Party group is claimi...

Tea party leader Dick Armey gets first-class treatment

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Rachael MarcusiWatch NewsDick Armey is a former House Majority Leader and current chairman of FreedomWorks, which serves as a hub for tea party g...

Tea Party Members: 'Are We Dead?'

AP | PAULINE ARRILLAGA | Posted 04.14.2012

SAN ANTONIO -- Three years ago he was merely a face in a very large crowd, standing outside the Alamo on Tax Day as Glenn Beck spoke of drawing a line...

Tea Party Begins To Wear Out Its GOP Welcome

Washington Post | Aaron Blake | Posted 04.06.2012

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 ...

Obama Criticizing Marine Face Discharge

Camp Pendleton Patch | Daniel Woolfolk | Posted 04.05.2012

A judge has denied a request to halt or postpone a military separation hearings for Sgt. Gary Stein - a Temecula Marine who maintains a Facebook page ...

Dave Jamieson

Chamber-Backed Anti-Protest Bill Draws Fury Of Unions AND Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.29.2012

Labor unions and Tea Party activists came together at the Georgia statehouse Thursday morning to speak out against a controversial bill that they say ...

Tony Gore for President

Orlando Jones | Posted 05.26.2012

Orlando Jones

2012-03-26-tonygore.jpgLast time around, words like Hope and Change beat Maverick and Joe the Plumber. This time I want jokes.

John Celock

Tea Party Group Not Giving Up Senate Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.23.2012

WASHINGTON -- A Tea Party group, under fire for its work in the Utah Republican Senate caucuses last week, is pledging to continue fighting to oust Se...

Jason Linkins

FreedomWorks Drops Opposition To Mitt Romney After Months Of Never Really Mounting It In The First Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.21.2012

In the wake of his Illinois primary win, everything seems to be coming up roses for Mitt Romney. Today he's earned the deemed-by-enough-people-to-be-i...

Tea Party-aligned Sen. Jim DeMint donates $500,000 to Club for Growth super PAC

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.20.2012

The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael Beckel, iWatch NewsIn his quest to remake the Senate Republican caucus in his own image, Tea Party kingmaker Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) ha...

Should The Tea Party Thank The Sun?

Bloomberg | Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers | Posted 03.20.2012

Grassroots political movements such as the Tea Party are a mainstay of American society....