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Tea Party Convention Marks Coming Out for a Movement

The paranoid, mysterious Judson Phillips in the weeks leading up to the National Tea Party Convention gave way to the real, jovial Phillips this weekend.



The Democrats’ Jobs Pickle

Moderate Democrats have grown wary of big spending bills, fearing that support for such measures could haunt them on the campaign trail this year.



Campus Right Unbowed by O’Keefe Scandal

The path from conservative college journalism to D.C. influence is reliable.



Defense Analysts Blast Military Exemption to Spending Freeze

Leading defense wonks call the move “ridiculous,” “completely inappropriate” and politically motivated.



Anti-ACORN Filmmaker Caught in Failed Wiretap Scandal

The potential blowback from the Landrieu sting extends to some Republican lawmakers.



Public Still Supports Obama’s Foreign Policy

Ahead of the State of the Union, top aides contend Obama’s first-year task was to revitalize international support for America that waned during the Bush administration.



Tea Partiers and FreedomWorks Craft a 2010 Agenda

“You watch,” said FreedomWorks spokesman Adam Brandon. “This is the idea that’s going to change the election.”



Conservative Grassroots Strategy Propels Brown to Senate

“What you’re seeing here in Massachusetts is a reflection of what’s happening all across the country,” said a Tea Party leader.



In Final Stretch, Brown Stresses Insurgency Over Issues

The speed of this campaign, and the slow reaction of Democrats who considered the seat safe until one week ago, have let the Republican candidate blur the details.



Tea Party Convention Drama Fueled by Emerging GOP Alliance

“But it’s important that they realize that they don’t have to be friends with the guys they replace the Democrats with,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reforms. “They get them to run on their issues. That’s how you avoid third party movements.”