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Tea Party Fizzles Out at Polls

Grassroots movement lacks money, skills to get votes

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 8, 2010 7:25 AM CST

(Newser) – However good the tea party movement may be at organizing rallies, a recent slew of primary defeats for tea party candidates shows the movement still has plenty to learn about translating grass-roots energy into votes. In Texas, Illinois, and New York, tea party-affiliated candidates have...   Read full story »

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