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 Far-Right 
 Challenger 
 a Threat 
 to McCain 

Talk show host JD Hayworth gets close in new poll

Nov 20, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Everyone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • primary • conservative • Senate Republicans • conservative base • poll numbers • US Senate • tea parties • JD Hayworth • McCain Hayworth • McCain Senate primary

Anti-Tea Party Tide
Turning Bloody

Experts worry fights may be next wave

Nov 19, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Fistfights at tea party rallies over the weekend have some analysts worried that the violent backlash may be only just beginning. In Fort Lauderdale, anti-tea party activists chanting "Amnesty yes, racists no!" clashed with tea party protesters who entered their protest zone. The group had emailed members calling... More »

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protests • political activism • tea parties • tea party fight • Fort Lauderdale tea party

PROFILE

 In Health Battle, 
 Dick Armey Rides Again 

Ex-House leader strides back onto national stage over health care

Nov 5, 09 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's battle over health care reform feels like the early '90s all over again to Dick Armey. The former House majority leader and his FreedomWorks foundation have been at the heart of protests against the Obama administration, channeling conservative power in the same way the Christian right used to,... More »

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Republican • House of Representatives • political activism • health care reform • town hall meeting • Dick Armey • tea parties • FreedomWorks Foundation

OPINION

Beck's Silent Red Phone
Is 'a Hotline
to Nowhere'

Host's willful nonsense is the 'new ignorance'

Nov 4, 09 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Glenn Beck likes to say that the red phone on his desk is a direct line to the White House, but of course it's a hotline to nowhere, just like the Fox host's whole schtick. Beck complains piteously that White House libbers won't call to respond to his issues, Thomas... More »

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Fox News • Glenn Beck • right wingers • tea parties • Anita Dunn

'Tea Party' to Fight Dozen GOP Candidates in 2010

Conservatives taking aim at moderates

Nov 3, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - This election cycle could herald all-out war between far-right conservatives and the Republican establishment. Empowered by their success in pushing the GOP candidate out of the race in New York’s 23rd District, tea party activists and their allies plan to launch primary challenges against more than a dozen GOP... More »

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conservative • Charlie Crist • Bob Bennett • conservative base • Dick Armey • Rob Simmons • tea parties • Mark Kirk • Tea Party

 Tea Partiers 
 Turn on GOP 

Challenge party favorites who dared to vote for stimulus, bailout

Oct 11, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tea Partiers who shouted down health care reform at Democratic town halls this summer are turning their arsenal on the Republican establishment, campaigning against annointed candidates they think are too soft on big government. They're backing challengers to party favorites in Senate races, including Florida Gov. Charlie Crist—who... More »

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analysis

 Right 
 Suddenly 
 Embraces 
 Truther King 

Alex Jones is like Glenn Beck, only moreso

Oct 8, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn’t long ago that the right wing hated Alex Jones. A top voice in the 9/11 Truth movement, he was repeatedly ridiculed on Fox News, and Michelle Malkin said Ron Paul’s association with him should disqualify him from the GOP primary debates. But Jones is a non-partisan... More »

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libertarian • Glenn Beck • right-wing media • tea parties • right-wing extremism • truther • Alex Jones

 Fox Reminds DC Staff 
 They're Journalists 

Workers warned against creating news  after producer pumps up tea party crowd

Sep 22, 09 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News reminded its staff to follow journalistic standards after a producer was caught on camera whipping up a crowd at a tea party protest, Mediaite reports. Bill Sammon, the channel's vice-president of news, sent staff at Fox's DC bureau an email warning: "We do not cheerlead for one... More »

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protests • journalism • Fox News • cable news • tea parties • Griff Jenkins

media melee

Fox: Tea Parties Not Covered
CNN: You Lie!

Ad sparks network
tea party war

Sep 19, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • ABC • protests • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Ricardo Sanchez • cable news • tea parties

(Newser) - Fat? Out of shape? Otherwise unhealthy? Then shut your trap about health-care reform until you do something about your own well-being, comedian Bill Maher writes for the Huffington Post. “Unlike most liberals, I’m glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week,” he snickers. “Because judging... More »

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obesity • entertainment • fat • health care reform • Bill Maher • political protest • President Obama • tea parties • teabaggers • unhealthy

ANALYSIS

 Right Steals Left's 
 Language of Protest 

From 'Nazi' to 'my body,' conservatives are the new liberals

Sep 18, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you go to Amazon to buy Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky's classic treatise on left-wing protest, you'll see authors that other readers are also interested in: Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, and GOP Sen. Jim DeMint. For Politico, that's one of many signs that conservatives have co-opted liberal techniques, from... More »

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health care reform • political demonstrations • protesters • conservative movement • tea parties

OPINION

 Obama Backlash 
 Isn't About Race 

The real, centuries-old conflict is between urban elites and small towners

Sep 18, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's a mistake to see the growing backlash against President Obama through the prism of race, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. The anti-Obama movement springs not from racism, but from the long American tradition of popular distrust of the urban elite, argues Brooks. He notes mostly white... More »

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protests • racism • populism • David Brooks • racial tension • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

OPINION

 Working Class Picks 
 Wrong Villains 


Sep 17, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the tea party protesters converged on Washington, one leader, radio demagogue Mark Williams, repeatedly described them as “working stiffs” who felt left out. It’s no wonder they’re angry, writes Timothy Egan for the New York Times, because it’s been a lost decade for “... More »

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Bush administration • conservative • protests • tax cuts • deregulation • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

Analysis

 Ron Paul Fans Return, 
 as Tea Partiers 


Sep 15, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you polled the protesters at Saturday’s tea party protest on who they voted for in the Republican primaries, Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com has a sneaking suspicion they’d reply, “Ron Paul.” The protesters focus on libertarian complaints and rhetoric, and bear that familiar Paulite intensity.... More »

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protests • Ron Paul • libertarian • health care reform • tea parties • Tea Party

analysis

Fad or Movement? March Tests Sway of Tea Parties 

Vocal minority could hurt Republicans, critics say

Sep 12, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “Tea Party Express” bus has rolled into Washington today for a “Taxpayer March” to the Capitol, and if you listen to organizers, it’s the start of a real political movement. “You can’t manufacture this kind of thing,” says a conservative radio host. A... More »

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conservative • protests • Glenn Beck • march • tea parties • FreedomWorks Foundation

ANALYSIS

 Right Revives Red Scare, 
 Despite Lack of Reds 

Fears of secret socialism prove a fertile ground for right-wing outrage

Sep 9, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The right has been energized by a good old-fashioned Red hunt—never mind the fact that there are precious few old-style leftists around in America today, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal. The centrist Democratic administration has been in power for well under a year, Frank writes, but... More »

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socialism • Communism • right wingers • Obama administration • tea parties

 'Tea Party Express' 
 to Bring Protest to DC 

Cross-country bus trip will hit DC on Sept. 12 for 'taxpayer march'

Aug 31, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California-based political action committee is sponsoring a cross-country bus trip designed to unite right-wing malcontents of all stripes, NPR reports. Dubbed the “Tea Party Express,” the bus will culminate its journey with a “taxpayer march” on Washington, DC on Sept. 12. “It’s about time... More »

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protests • health care reform • political action committees • tea parties

ANALYSIS

Insurer Urges Employees to Protest Health Care Reform

UnitedHealth Group lays down AstroTurf

Aug 19, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s second-biggest health insurance firm, has been encouraging employees to attend events protesting health-care reform, Talking Points Memo reports. In a clear-cut example of “Astroturf”—fake grassroots action—a memo to employees urges them to call an “advocacy specialist” who can provide talking... More »

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health insurance • protests • grassroots • health care reform • UnitedHealth • political protest • Talking Points Memo • AstroTurf • tea parties • America's Independent Party

OPINION

 Right-Wing Crazy 
 Is All-American 

Birthers, tea parties—it's nothing new

Aug 16, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the left back in power, we’re seeing right-wing "crazies"—the “birthers, tea-partiers, town hall hecklers”—getting louder. But that’s nothing new, writes Rick Perlstein in the Washington Post. In America, “the crazy tree blooms in every moment of liberal ascendancy, and elites... More »

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media • American media • town hall meeting • conservatism • right-wing attacks • tea parties • right-wing extremism • American history • birther • death panel

(Newser) - Democrats are taking some unconventional steps to keep town halls civil, the Hill reports. Rep. Betsy Markey plans to hand out copies of George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior to attendees, in a nod to their patriotic zeal. The first rule? “Every Action done... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • health care reform • House Democrats • President Obama • tea parties • Tea Party Patriots • Betsy Markey

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