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07/19/11 FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: For a second straight day, a new poll of likely voters in the Iowa caucuses has Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann as the front-runner of the current field of GOP candidates. Michele Bachmann She's big with Tea Party voters, running on smaller government, no new taxes, but she's come under criticism most [...]
07/19/11 WASHINGTON -- Senator Mitch McConnell's plan to avert an imminent U.S. debt default could lead to a day of reckoning for his Republicans as they weigh the prospect of fiscal disaster against the demands of Tea Party activists.
07/19/11 With yet another barrage of anti-environment bills is on its way, Tea Party leaders in the House have dramatically stepped up their assault on America's environmental and public health safeguards.
07/16/11 A full house welcomed a panel of speakers discussing health care reform Thursday night at the Faulkner County Tea Party meeting at the McGee Center in Conway. read more
07/15/11 ERLANGER - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, next Friday will celebrate the Northern Kentucky Tea Party's second anniversary at a fundraiser at the Holiday Inn Airport location in Erlanger.
07/15/11 A full house welcomed a panel of speakers discussing health care reform Thursday night at the Faulkner County Tea Party meeting at the McGee Center in Conway. Panel members were Dr. Jim Bledsoe, a general surgeon from Rogers; Lt. Gov. Mark Darr; former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson; and former State Rep. Dan Greenberg, R-Little Rock. Bledsoe, the husband of State Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers, said ...
07/15/11 Health care from the Obama administration was the topic of a Tea Party town hall in Conway tonight. Flyers were given out at the end of the town hall.
07/14/11 Movie opens Friday in Indy, showing here because of state's strong Tea Party following, wealth of people engaged in politics, he said.
07/14/11 The split between Obama and Republicans is nothing compared to the gap between GOP leaders and their Tea Party fueled rank and file. Top congressional leaders appear to have essentially painted themselves into a corner between Obama on one side and the just-say-no bloc of House Republicans on...
07/13/11 Tea Party leader Sen. Jim DeMint Wednesday rejected Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's idea to give President Obama authority to raise the debt ceiling.
07/13/11 NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says GOP negotiators in Washington should push debt-ceiling talks to the deadline -- and beyond -- in an effort to pressure President Obama to agree to spending cuts. Speaking after a Tea Party town hall meeting here, Gingrich suggested that the new McConnell plan -- which Gingrich earlier called "an irresponsible surrender ...
07/13/11 # feuds The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of writing rules to protect manatees, the fat monsters who occasionally get lost and dominate media coverage for weeks, from boating and other "activities" that constantly kill them in Kings Bay, Florida. So, is the local Tea Party chapter okay with this? Ha ha, no, not at all. More »
07/12/11 Just as the Tea Party rode a public backlash against government spending, the National Tequila Party Movement hopes that the latest crackdown on illegal immigration can help mobilize Latino voters in 2012. read more
07/12/11 July 12, 2011 -- Oneida County Democratic Chair Bill Barry today denounced a hate-filled fundraising email sent by former gubernatorial and Tea Party candidate Carl Paladino on behalf of State Assembly candidate Greg Johnson.
07/11/11 Senator Jim DeMint share his perspective on the Tea Party and the future of the nation in 'The Great American Awakening.' Read an excerpt.
07/11/11 James Comer, the Republican candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, has reached out to the Tea Party by hiring Lexington Tea Party leader and blogger Mica Sims.
07/11/11 Independence in Iowa - Only two weeks after announcing she was seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Tea Party favourite Michele Bachmann is already looking like the candidate to beat in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses in February.
07/10/11 From guns to anti-abortion to the Tea Party, Gov. Rick Perry has had some memorable moments locally.
07/09/11 I am a moderate Independent since 1980, so I vote both was. If I have to make a choice between the Tea Party and liberal, I guess it would be Tea Party.
07/08/11 On the 4th of July, members of the Montville Area Tea Party presented a reading of The Declaration of Independence at the Henry Doremus House.
07/07/11 Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party favorite who formally announced her presidential candidacy on June 27, created a major buzz in social media last week, registering as the dominant subject on blogs as well as a hot topic on Twitter. Most of the commentary was highly critical. |