Dec
30
Tea party looks for strength in numbers
With polls showing the movement's popularity sagging, tea party members from across the country are warning that anyone who thinks they are sleeping in 2012 is in for a rude awakening come Election Day, when they plan to pick up where they left off in 2010 by bolstering their voices ...
Dec
26
GOP squabble gives tea party rare setback
WASHINGTON -- With tea party-backed first-termers calling the shots, House Republicans snatched political defeat from the jaws of victory in a year-end showdown over Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits.
Dec
18
Tea party activists not keen on GOP presidential field, rethinking their role in 2012 race
CONCORD, N.H. — Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House. Things have not gone as planned. Turned off by Mitt Romney’s style and evolution on several important issues, they have bounced from one candidate to another in hopes of finding a formidable alternative to the former Massachusetts governor to ...
Dec
15
Tea Party grassroots army readies for battle
Tea Party supporters now hold fewer sign-waving rallies, a hallmark of their early opposition to bank bailouts and President Barack Obama's healthcare reform in 2009. But the movement isn't losing steam.
Dec
15
Tea Party darling Christine O’Donnell endorses Mitt Romney
Tea Party favorite and unsuccessful Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell endorsed Mitt Romney for president yesterday, a rather surprising coup that the Romney camp hopes will bolster the former Massachusetts governor’s credibility with the Tea Party going into the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses.
Dec
14
Tea Party Candidate Christine O’Donnell Endorses Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney has picked up an unexpected endorsement: that of Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell, who upset "establishment Republican" Mike Castle in a 2010 congressional primary in Delaware.
Dec
14
Tea-party favorite O’Donnell endorses Romney
Republican political figure and tea-party favorite Christine O'Donnell says she's backing Mitt Romney's presidential bid.
Dec
03
O’Donnell meets with a handful of tea party backers
Conservative activist and former Delaware U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell met with Iowa tea party activists in West Des Moines on Saturday.
Dec
03
15 Iowa tea party groups refuse to meet O’Donnell
Fifteen tea party-related groups in Iowa on Friday rejected an invitation from Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell to meet to talk about which GOP candidate most deserves an endorsement.
Nov
30
The Decline and Fade of the Tea Party
Remember the Tea Party? It was all the rage back in '10, inspiring fear in establishment Republicans and loathing in Democrats. The movement became the conservative face of voter anger, taking down incumbents and party favorites in primary after primary.
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