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Republican National Convention, Day 1: red meat at the tea partynew

Marginalized at the RNC, Michele Bachmann and Hermain Cain light up the Unity Rally
INDY Week  |  Barry Yeoman  |  08-28-2012  |  Politics

Tea Party Dreams Onnew

Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.
NUVO  |  David Hoppe  |  05-14-2012  |  Commentary

Remember the Birthers? They’re Still Herenew

Poll of South Carolina conservatives shows ‘kicked puppy syndrome,’ says professor.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  09-23-2011  |  Politics

The Cajun David Vitternew

Meet Jeff Landry, the ambitious, Tea Party-backed U.S. Representative from Acadiana.
Gambit  |  Jeremy Alford  |  09-06-2011  |  Elections

Bachmann: Tea Party represents 90% of Americansnew

On the final stop of her tour of South Carolina, GOP presidential hopeful and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann praised the Tea Party and promised a strong military.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  08-22-2011  |  Elections

Our Dumb Statenew

Volume 8 in our our semi-regular compendium of Floridian idiocy.
Orlando Weekly  |  Billy Manes  |  08-18-2011  |  Commentary

At RedState Gathering, Leaders Praise Tea Party's 'Beautiful Uprising'new

What do hobbits, John the Baptist, and the Texas Revolution have in common? All of them were used to make rhetorical points at a right-wing conference this past weekend.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  08-16-2011  |  Elections

Americans Elect: Another Astroturf Group

Just what we need—another phony Astroturf movement (hello, Tea Party) financed by thieving Wall Street hedge-fund scum.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  07-27-2011  |  Elections

Anarchy in the GOPnew

Fueled by passion, conviction and a little sage advice, young 'liberty'-lovers are threatening the establishment.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Chet Hardin  |  06-23-2011  |  Politics

Greensboro Tea Party Rally Focuses on Proposed County Tax Increasenew

This year's Tax Day Tea Party rally in Greensboro was the occasion for a defiant stand by a controversial Wake County School Board member, the launch of a campaign for county commission and calls to protest a proposed county property tax increase.
YES! Weekly  |  Jordan Green  |  04-21-2011  |  Politics

Connie Scott: The Sheepish Revolutionarynew

A Tea Party freshman grapples with the bitter realities of governing in Austin.
The Texas Observer  |  Daniel Setiawan  |  04-19-2011  |  Politics

Fiscal Terroristsnew

Most Republicans remain as committed to big government as the Democrats.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  03-18-2011  |  Commentary

Foulnew

Rick Scott: The dumb state of Florida's dumb governor.
Orlando Weekly  |  Billy Manes  |  03-04-2011  |  Commentary

There Be Dragonsnew

The allure and danger of the Tea Party movement.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Wurth  |  01-20-2011  |  Commentary

Targeting the Tea Partynew

Giffords' shooting has nothing to do with the conservative movement.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  01-13-2011  |  Commentary

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