Tea Partiers

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Tea Partiers Richer, Better Educated Than Average

Backers largely older, white, male, southern

(Newser) - Just who are the Tea Partiers and what do they believe? According to a New York Times / CBS poll, the 18% of Americans who support the movement are wealthier, more educated, and a lot more pessimistic than average. Among the poll's other findings:
  • Despite the movement's origins as a
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After Stevens: What's Next?
 After Stevens: What's Next? 
OPINION Roundup
Apr 9, 2010 1:07 PM CDT

After Stevens: What's Next?

Expect a fierce battle for liberal justice's replacement

(Newser) - What will John Paul Stevens’ retirement mean for the Supreme Court? Here are three early thoughts on what comes next:
  • Expect the tea partiers to get extremely riled up over whoever President Obama nominates, writes Chris Good of the Atlantic . They have a “very strict (one could almost say
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Republicans Fear Census Undercounting

Tea partiers' push for noncompliance may backfire, GOP warns

(Newser) - The GOP is worried that an anti-government backlash could lead to underrepresentation of conservatives in the census and shrink the number of Republican lawmakers. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul have urged supporters not to provide anything to census workers except the number of people in their household. "The census...

What Tea Partiers Need to Do Next
 What Tea Partiers 
 Need to Do Next 
KARL ROVE
Apr 1, 2010 5:01 AM CDT

What Tea Partiers Need to Do Next

Rove suggests 'citizen's pledge' to strengthen movement

(Newser) - Democratic attacks on the Tea Party movement show they're scared, and with good reason, writes Karl Rove. With public opinion still against ObamaCare, the movement needs to keep its momentum going, Rove urges in the Wall Street Journal . He suggests tea partiers sign a "citizen's pledge" demanding to know...

Conservatives Can't Stop Playing the Victim
Conservatives Can't Stop Playing the Victim
OPINION
Mar 31, 2010 4:55 AM CDT

Conservatives Can't Stop Playing the Victim

Bullies claim they're being martyred by the elite, writes Thomas Frank

(Newser) - Republicans and tea partiers whine that the threats, violence, and slurs directed at Democrats over health care reform are being used by their opponents to score political points and smear the right. And in doing so, they're just demonstrating modern conservatism's "cult of victimhood," in which even the...

Dems' Reaction to Angry Right Is Ridiculous

Left is exaggerating, exploiting tensions, writes Jonah Goldberg

(Newser) - People like the Alabama militia leader who advocated breaking the windows of Democratic politicians are "wrong, reprehensible and clownish," but the Democratic reaction is just as bad, writes Jonah Goldberg. Some overheated commentators have gone so far as to draw parallels between that incident and Kristallnacht when there's...

Tea Partiers Decry Socialism But Want Gov't Jobs
 Tea Partiers Decry Socialism 
 But Want Gov't Jobs 
BLOOMBERG POLL
Mar 26, 2010 9:20 AM CDT

Tea Partiers Decry Socialism But Want Gov't Jobs

Turns out not all 'socialist' programs are bad

(Newser) - Upwards of 90% of tea partiers are convinced that the US is creeping away from capitalism towards socialism, but they aren’t as stridently opposed to that as you might think. Sure, roughly the same number think the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Bloomberg...

Steamed Tea Partiers Vow Revenge

Legislation 'has awakened a giant,' activists warn

(Newser) - The Democrats are in for a rude awakening if they think they can pass health care reform and get away with it, incensed Tea Party leaders warned yesterday. Tea Party groups across the country plan protests and a campaign to force the people who voted for reform out of Congress...

Reps Get Last Health Reform Jabs In
 Reps Get Last 
 Health Reform Jabs In 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Mar 21, 2010 10:51 AM CDT

Reps Get Last Health Reform Jabs In

House members debate whether Dems have the votes

(Newser) - If you hadn't heard, the House votes on a little thing some like to call health care reform today—and the debate got an early start on the Sunday shows with Democrats signaling they had the votes, and Republicans digging in their heels. David Plouffe and Karl Rove also went...

Tea Partiers Hurl Slurs at Black, Gay Reps

'People have been just downright mean,' says one rep

(Newser) - Congressional Black Caucus members John Lewis and Andre Carson ran smack into a large crowd of protesters screaming "kill the bill"—and punctuating their chants with the N-word. The sentiment didn't appear to be a rogue one: As Barney Frank waded through a crowd of protesters, he was...

Tea Partiers Are the New Hippies
 Tea Partiers Are 
 the New Hippies 


STEAL THIS MOVEMENT
Mar 5, 2010 1:20 AM CST

Tea Partiers Are the New Hippies

Anti-establishment activists using '60s tactics: David Brooks

(Newser) - The anti-establishment types in the Tea Party movement remind David Brooks of another group of protesters who wanted to bring power back to the people and stick it to The Man. The Tea Partiers have adopted many of the tactics the New Left used in the 1960s, from street theater...

Make Way for the Cherry Coke and Whiskey Parties
Make Way for the Cherry Coke and Whiskey Parties
OPTIONS FOR HELLRAISERS
Mar 3, 2010 3:07 AM CST

Make Way for the Cherry Coke and Whiskey Parties

Because there's more to life, and politics, than coffee and tea

(Newser) - The Tea Party movement's not going away and its Coffee Party counterpart has already made its media debut, but America's about a lot more than two measly beverages. Gawker 's Adrian Chen lists a few parties that don't exist, but probably should:
  • The Long Island Iced Tea Party. Members hate
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GOP Courts Tea Partiers
 GOP Courts Tea Partiers  
Feb 15, 2010 7:44 AM CST

GOP Courts Tea Partiers

But many in both parties remain wary of affiliating with the other

(Newser) - Valentine's Day may be over, but the Republican Party is still doing some serious wooing: With the 2010 midterm elections approaching, the GOP is working hard to court tea partiers, with RNC chair Michael Steele set to meet with 50 leaders tomorrow. And while some welcome its advances, many tea...

Anti-Government Ire Drives Tea-Partiers
 Anti-Government Ire 
 Drives Tea-Partiers 
EJ DIONNE
Feb 11, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Anti-Government Ire Drives Tea-Partiers

EJ Dionne delves into what makes tea-partiers tick

(Newser) - The Tea Party movement has attacked America's relatively middle-of-the-road president with surprising ferocity, writes EJ Dionne. Parts of the movement seem to be motivated by racism, but the main force seems to be "anti-statism," or a fundamental distrust of the federal government. This vein of anti-statism dates from...

Sarah Palin Must Heed Yogi Berra
 Sarah Palin 
 Must Heed 
 Yogi Berra 
OPINION
Feb 9, 2010 1:25 PM CST

Sarah Palin Must Heed Yogi Berra

She has to somehow lead the leader-shunning Tea Party

(Newser) - So far, so good for Sarah Palin and her popularity with Tea Partiers, writes Donald Kettl, but in “leading a group that doesn’t want a leader” the presumptive 2012 presidential candidate must avoid “separating herself from the rest of the country.” It's a near impossible balancing...

Sarah Palin, Tea Partiers Are Actually Anti-Populist

The real Populists were anti-Wall Street and for big government

(Newser) - Calling what Sarah Palin and the Tea Partiers practice “populism” is backwards, writes Peter Beinart. In fact, they’re “anti-Populists.” The original Populists, in the late 19th century, “cursed Washington because it wasn’t powerful enough” to protect the people from the greed of “the...

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