Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams is positioned to become a credible Obama critic, if he picks up Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat.

Americans for Prosperity conference drew 2,000 activists from around the country to Washington.

According to Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum, the conference drew its largest crowd in 38 years, signaling a surge of grass-roots enthusiasm for 2010.

“I get accused of breaking some journalism school rules,” said Andrew Breitbart. “I’m willing to be accused of being a monster.”

While usually attendees at the annual Values Voter Summit focus on hot button social issues, this year the hotel buzzed with the 10th amendment and national debt.

Four-year-old Values Voter Summit attracted it’s biggest crowd yet.

For fourteen years, FAIR has sponsored a mass lobbying campaign they call Hold Their Feet to the Fire. This year’s event, days after the 9/12 “taxpayer march on Washington,” was the biggest yet.

As the health care debate twists and turns through the Senate, the prospects for a public option remain murky. This scoreboard, updated daily, can serve as your one-stop shop for senators’ stances on a public plan — in their own words. See our methodology here. Last updated: Nov. 10, 5:22 p.m.

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Even tea partiers have their limit.

The resilient “Tea Party” movement, seven months on from its first protests against the economic stimulus package, is proud of its success.