Tea Party
VIDEO: Ted Cruz At NRA Convention: “Every Word Of The Constitution Matters” | RealClearPolitics
By MB Snow at May 6, 2013 | 12:45 am
Ted Cruz At NRA Convention: "Every Word Of The Constitution Matters" Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) addressed the NRA convention in Houston today. The following are key excerpts from his speech. CRUZ: "It seems to me that when the Constitution says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, that means the right to keep and bear arms shall not be ... Go To Article
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STRASSEL: About Those Conservative ‘Squishes’ – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 2, 2013 | 5:07 pm
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, POTOMAC WATCH Updated May 2, 2013, 7:00 p.m. ET The GOP is split between those who insist on making a point, and those who want to make some progress. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz recently gave a speech to some FreedomWorks activists, delivering a fascinating retelling of the Senate gun-control fight. After taking credit for killing the bill with ... Go To Article
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CRUZ 2016 | National Review Online
By MB Snow at May 1, 2013 | 8:45 am
Robert Costa, MAY 1, 2013 4:00 AM The freshman senator is considering a run for president. Freshman senator Ted Cruz is considering a presidential run, according to his friends and confidants. Cruz won’t talk about it publicly, and even privately he’s cagey about revealing too much of his thought process or intentions. But his interest is ... Go To Article
SEN. TIM SCOTT:: The Tea Partier’s Progress | The Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at April 18, 2013 | 9:22 am
APR 22, 2013, VOL. 18, NO. 30 • BY MICHAEL WARREN -- When Republican senator Tim Scott addresses an audience, he paces back and forth on the stage. He doesn’t use notes or look at a teleprompter. He punctuates with his hands, pointing his index finger outward or turning his palms upward. He looks and sounds like a revivalist preacher or a motivational speaker. When ... Go To Article
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CONN CARROLL:: What the Tea Party Congress accomplished | WashEx
By MB Snow at March 25, 2013 | 12:48 am
Conn Carroll -- Liberal blogger Ezra Klein and conservative Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., don't agree on much. But they both have made the case that the Republican House of the 112th Congress was a total failure. It is easy to see why a committed progressive like Klein would be down on the 112th. After all, its liberal predecessor passed a trillion-dollar stimulus, ... Go To Article
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VIDEO:: WATCH FULL SPEECH: Rand Paul Tea Party Response to 2013 State of the Union Address
By MB Snow at February 13, 2013 | 12:38 am
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GOP Civil War Erupts Over Rove Super PAC – BusinessInsider
By MB Snow at February 8, 2013 | 12:25 am
Grace Wyler | Feb. 7, 2013 The bloody and internal struggle within the GOP was blown wide open this week, with the news that Karl Rove has formed a new super-PAC, an offshoot of American Crossroads, that aims to weed out Republican primary candidates it views as unpalatable and unelectable. The news, first reported in The New York Times Sunday, has hardened battle ... Go To Article
JOEL POLLAK:: Surrender: Ohio Gov. Kasich Spurns Tea Party, Backs Obamacare Medicaid Expansion; Left Celebrates
By MB Snow at February 5, 2013 | 10:45 am
by JOEL B. POLLAK 5 Feb 2013, 6:14 AM PDT -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican who campaigned as a budget hawk and rode the Tea Party wave to victory in 2010, has agreed to accept Obamacare funding to expand his state’s Medicaid program, breaking ranks with fellow Republican governors and the Tea Party that elected him. Kasich’s decision, announced yesterday, ... Go To Article
JOEL POLLAK:: The Tea Party Has Not Yet Begun to Fight
By MB Snow at December 27, 2012 | 10:40 am
by JOEL B. POLLAK -- If the Tea Party has been weakened by the November election, why are the mainstream media expending so much effort attacking it? The latest attempt is today’s front-page article by the New York Times, which alleges that the Tea Party is turning to “narrower” issues and suggests, none too subtly, that Congress should stop paying attention ... Go To Article
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MARK LEVIN: Tea Party Only Thing That Stands ‘Between Liberty And Tyranny’
By MB Snow at November 17, 2012 | 10:40 am
by TONY LEE, 16 Nov 2012 -- Conservative scholar, talk radio host, and former Reagan administration official Mark Levin said conservatives need to first overthrow the Republican establishment to more successfully take on President Barack Obama and the institutional left. “We cannot get through Obama and the left until we get through the Republican ... Go To Article
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