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J.D. Hayworth, CPAC Superstar

By | 02.19.10 | 9:16 am

J.D. Hayworth, the former congressman from Arizona who announced a primary bid against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) this month, is all over CPAC. Last night he hit the NRA’s pre-dinner reception, and spent every second pumping hands and making small talk. If people didn’t know who he was when More…

Sarah Palin Money? Yes, Please

By | 02.03.10 | 12:36 pm

Sarah Palin’s PAC, SarahPAC, has raised more than $2 million since its formation in Jan. 2009. So which lawmakers and candidates are benefiting from all that potential spending cash?

Well, here’s the list:

Tea Party Convention Speaker Will Explain How Obama Is Like a Marxist Dictator

By | 01.28.10 | 12:38 pm

The troubled–but still sold out–National Tea Party Convention got more bad news after Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said the for-profit nature of the event might prevent her from attending. Meanwhile, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)–who promoted the event at the December premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film”–has More…

Tea Party Convention Drama Fueled by Emerging GOP Alliance

By | 01.14.10 | 12:13 am

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Late last year, Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation came to Eric Odom with a proposition. Odom’s group, the American Liberty Alliance–a free market, anti-tax group launched in March 2009, after its leaders had helped put together the first Tea Party protests–could sign on with the National Tea Party More…

Republicans Pay Tribute at ‘Tea Party’ Movie Premiere

By | 12.03.09 | 10:08 am

Getting into Wednesday’s Washington, D.C., premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” meant walking through a steady rain into the Ronald Reagan building, a sprawling downtown trade and convention center where the economic conservative group FreedomWorks, which helped organize a number of Tea Party protests, had rented a foyer and More…

GOPers Scream ‘Rationing,’ But Shun Bill Ensuring Mammograms

By | 11.20.09 | 12:35 pm

Republicans on Capitol Hill were sure quick to go after the new federal guidelines recommending that women should seek routine mammograms beginning at age 50 instead of 40. “This is how rationing begins,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “This is when you start getting More…