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Conservative PAC attacks Democrats, Obama by linking them to Occupy Wall Street

By | 11.09.11 | 10:19 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Campaign to Defeat Obama, a political action committee with ties to the Republican Party and the Tea Party Express, has launched a campaign linking Democratic Party lawmakers and President Obama to the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is depicted by the organization as “violent mobs.”

Right paints Occupy movement as menace, ties movement to Democrats

By | 11.08.11 | 6:28 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

The Campaign to Defeat Obama, a political action committee with ties to the Republican Party and the Tea Party Express, has launched a campaign linking Democratic Party lawmakers and President Obama to the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is depicted by the organization as “violent mobs.”

Rick Perry not likely to receive respite from immigration criticism in Iowa

By | 09.14.11 | 7:30 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Criticism hasn’t eased for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the wake of his statement during a recent debate that the border can’t be secured and defense of his state’s tuition policy for some undocumented immigrants — and a two-day tour in Iowa this week doesn’t look like it will More…

Palin says debate pushes back her decision on running in 2012

By | 09.13.11 | 10:52 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Sarah Palin told Fox News listeners last night following the debate that the debate, co-hosted by CNN and the Tea Party Express, validated the movement and that she no longer considers the end of September her deadline for making a decision on a presidential run.

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Bachmann, Romney chip away at Perry in tea party debate

By | 09.13.11 | 9:00 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Tea party members in Monday’s debate audience veered between euphoric approval and brutal disdain of the Republican presidential candidates battling for their support onstage. Rivals, including U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, found openings in the armor of front-runner and tea party favorite Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who drew jeers from the More…

Tea Party Caucus: Allen West joins, Rubio mocks and the Florida legislature has one of its own

The tea party movement, a phenomenon that many deem responsible for installing Florida’s all-Republican cabinet and turning over control of the House of Representatives to the GOP, continues to demonstrate its influence throughout the state and the country. #


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Tea party to Bachmann: You don’t speak for the tea party

Rep. Michele Bachmann has been steeped in tea party politics for the last two years, but she may be overstepping her bounds as she increasingly attaches herself to a movement that insists it has no party and no leader. Bachmann is set to give a response to President Obama’s State More…

Tea Party Express, CNN to host debate in 2011

By | 12.17.10 | 2:53 pm

Mark your calendars! Tea Party Express and CNN announced that they will be holding a debate of Republican presidential candidates for Labor Day 2011. More from CNN:

Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer talked to CNN about what activists hope to hear from Republican presidential candidates. “We want to

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DISCLOSE Act advocates float GOP senators who might help their cause

By | 11.09.10 | 8:45 am

My article on the DISCLOSE Act today mentions that Democrats are hoping, yet hardly confident, that a stripped-down version of the bill might do the trick and attract at least two Republican votes in the lame-duck session of Congress set to resume next week. The Hill, it turns out, More…

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As outside money flows in, party committees lose influence

By | 10.26.10 | 6:00 am

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, many groups, from independent political action committees to the Republican National Committee, decided to test the waters and file cases against the Federal Elections Commission arguing that they, too, should enjoy the ability to solicit unlimited donations for spending on More…