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Tea Party Mad as Hell, and Sort of Nonexistent

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:10:00 CDT

The Tea Party is mad as hell and ... that's about it, writes Richard Cohen in the Washington Post. Beyond anger, the Tea Party "has no leader. It has no address, no phone, and no Washington headquarters. It is everywhere and nowhere." When a Post posse tried to track down 2,...

Ask a Tea Partier: Why Do You Hate Obama?

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:52:22 CDT

Why does the tea party hate Barack Obama? For a vast number of reasons—most of which apparently aren't rooted deeply in reality. New Left Media asked protesters at the National Tax Day demonstration to explain their motivations, and perhaps predictably gathered some less-than-well-thought-out answers in this video, picked up...

Tea Partiers' Common Thread: Glenn Beck

John Johnson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:24:00 CDT

Of all the data points from the recent mega-poll of tea party members , one stands supreme to Nate Silver: They really like Glenn Beck. "Do the math, and you'll find that 59% of those who do think highly of Beck consider themselves a part of the tea party. This is,...

Dear Tea Party: I Love Tax Day

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:57:37 CDT

Steve Almond used to hate taxes. But now he hates the Tea Party movement (or, more accurately, the Tea Party's “series of highly publicized tantrums”) even more…and he’s ready to confess something “almost heretical”: He actually loves Tax Day. Here’s why: It made him organized : Not only does this newfound...

Palin, Bachmann Rev Up Tea Partiers

John Johnson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:28:29 CDT

A political dream team—for the tea party set, anyway—of Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann wowed the faithful today during a joint appearance in Minneapolis. "The tea party is growin' and steamin,'" declared Palin, who showed up to give Bachmann a boost in her campaign for re-election to...

Tea Party, GOP Must Work Together

Harry Kimball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:21:00 CDT

Watching the emergence of the Tea Party movement is giving Dan Quayle flashbacks—about Ross Perot. Perot's Reform Party siphoned off 19% of the votes in the 1992 presidential election, effectively denying the elder George Bush a second term. "There's a well-worn path of third-party movements in American history, and...

What Tea Partiers Need to Do Next

Rob Quinn — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:01:56 CDT

Democratic attacks on the Tea Party movement show they're scared, and with good reason, writes Karl Rove. With public opinion still against ObamaCare, the movement needs to keep its momentum going, Rove urges in the Wall Street Journal . He suggests tea partiers sign a "citizen's pledge" demanding to know where...

Tea Party Could Doom GOP in November

Harry Kimball — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:58:42 CDT

Just 13% of Americans self-identify as members of the Tea Party movement, but a new Quinnipiac poll shows they may well hold the key to the 2010 midterm elections. Respondents say they would vote for a Republican over a Democrat by 44% to 39%. But if a Tea Party candidate...

Steamed Tea Partiers Vow Revenge

Rob Quinn — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:31 CDT

The Democrats are in for a rude awakening if they think they can pass health care reform and get away with it, incensed Tea Party leaders warned yesterday. Tea Party groups across the country plan protests and a campaign to force the people who voted for reform out of Congress...