Read more conservative base stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25284/conservative-base.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:47:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74564/beck-will-host-conventions-to-educate-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlenn Beck is fashioning himself into a political organizer. Beck unveiled his promised "big plan" today at a Florida rally , in a letter to supporters, and in an interview with the New York Times . He plans a series of educational "conventions" across the country to teach people "how to be...http://www.newser.com/story/74564/beck-will-host-conventions-to-educate-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 17:06:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEveryone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’s 4%...http://www.newser.com/story/74503/far-right-challenger-a-threat-to-mccain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73159/conservatives-arent-crazy-they-just-want-their-turn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon’t listen to the liberals telling you the right is crazy and going to heck in a handbasket. The reality is far simpler: “After 15 or 20 years of steady moderation, many conservatives think it might be time to give their ideas a try,” writes Jonah Goldberg of the Los...http://www.newser.com/story/73159/conservatives-arent-crazy-they-just-want-their-turn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:53:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73217/tea-party-to-fight-dozen-gop-candidates-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis election cycle could herald all-out war between far-right conservatives and the Republican establishment. Empowered by their success in pushing the GOP candidate out of the race in New York’s 23rd District, tea party activists and their allies plan to launch primary challenges against more than a dozen GOP candidates,...http://www.newser.com/story/73217/tea-party-to-fight-dozen-gop-candidates-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73101/conservatives-declare-war-on-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe conservative coup in New York’s special election shows just how little control the GOP has over the ascendant tea party movement—it's a mutiny, and it's just gaining steam, activists say. The folks who helped push Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the race in favor of conservative Doug Hoffman...http://www.newser.com/story/73101/conservatives-declare-war-on-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 8:36:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72305/beck-limbaugh-co-scare-gop-brass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTop Republicans are fed up with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh—off the record at least. Without naming names, Politico says that “congressional leaders” privately complain that the conservative commentariat is hurting their chances in 2010 by pushing the party too far to the fringe. Operatives close to top 2012...http://www.newser.com/story/72305/beck-limbaugh-co-scare-gop-brass.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 6:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72244/meet-the-future-of-conservatism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe's a "nerdy-looking" political novice, but Doug Hoffman just may be the "conservative superstar of the future," writes Marc Ambinder. Hoffman is running as a Conservative in the closely watched special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district. Despite his lack of experience, the lifelong accountant has racked up impressive...http://www.newser.com/story/72244/meet-the-future-of-conservatism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 18:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70021/house-republicans-face-tea-party-primaries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe so-called “tea party” movement has spawned a host of primary challengers for House Republicans, pressuring them to stay far to the right, CQ Politics reports. “I’ve got four primary challengers, and all of them hope to capitalize on the tea parties,” complains Bob Inglis of South Carolina, who has...http://www.newser.com/story/70021/house-republicans-face-tea-party-primaries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69927/how-the-crazies-took-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs recently as this spring, the Tea Party movement seemed anemic and wonky. But in the months that followed, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and others whipped the right-wing fringe into such a frenzy that a “separate reality grew like a second head on the American polity,” Philip Weiss writes in...http://www.newser.com/story/69927/how-the-crazies-took-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 15:58:37 CDT