Both the Occupiers and the Tea Partiers changed the American political conversation in a large way. Still, it cannot be denied that the Tea Party has moved closer to actually changing the American political system and its laws than the Occupiers have managed.

Tea partyists have brought the U.S. Congress to a halt and endanger the federal government. That, of course, is precisely what they want to do.

Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.

WASHINGTON -- With nine days remaining until government funding expires, House Republican freshmen announced today they plan to rally on the steps of ...

The Democratic Party lost its spine the moment it decided to cash in on corporate political money. If we don't reverse Citizens United and get the money out of our political system, progressive causes don't stand a chance.

In backing challenges to GOP moderates, the Tea Party looks like a looking-glass version of the "netroots" progressives who backed Howard Dean in 2004 and Ned Lamont's primary challenge to Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Right-wingers want it both ways on a whole bunch of issues. They want to claim they love their gay relatives, yet support every kind of legislation that would deny them equal rights.

Candidates have been in their districts, making nice to likely mid-term voters. They're more scarce than general election voters, and typically a more...

Yesterday's results really only showed one thing with any clarity -- Sarah Palin is definitely going to run for president.

On Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) went on MSNBC and hit Democrats for going into "hiding" this summer, implying that they weren't planning to peak wi...

WASHINGTON — Black members of the tea party movement on Wednesday rejected charges that the group's activists are racist, saying they oppose Pre...

When Republicans question Democrats' patriotism, they are discrediting themselves and demeaning and dangerously dividing the Real America they profess to honor and love.

If congressional Republicans opposed the PPCA (i.e., health care reform) because it is an imposition on liberty and the free market, what must they think about the powers of the FDA, which regulates 30% of the economy?

Obama seems to have hit a plateau in his approval ratings, which have remained largely unchanged for the past three months. Could it be that we've all just made up our minds about the job the president is doing?

***UPDATE*** The Washington Post's Dave Weigel interviews Chase Whiteside, the man conducting the interviews. A correspondent for New Left Media v...

WASHINGTON — Tea party protesters marked tax day Thursday with exhortations against "gangster government" and appeals from Republicans seeking t...

Republican Congressional leadership confirmed that they oppose financial reform and that they oppose breaking up the big banks. That, my friends, is a Republican Declaration of War against the American people