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Gardiner: Is this the most crass and nasty US presidency in decades? (11)

Earlier today Politico broke the astonishing story of Joe Biden supporting the charge by Democrat Congressman Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania that Tea Party Republicans had “acted like terrorists” over the debt issue. According to Politico’s report, based on eyewitness accounts: … Continue reading

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McParland: Tea Partiers demand an unworkable law for their fantasy world (4)

Given the level of surrealism that surrounds so much of the debt limit argument in the U.S., it seems appropriate that Speaker  John Boehner only managed to win the support of his most intransigent members by conceding on the most … Continue reading

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Republican freshmen put debt talks in jeopardy (1)

WASHINGTON — Before the 2010 U.S. midterm elections, Joe Walsh was a two-time political loser who almost no one — excluding maybe his family and close friends — thought would win a seat in Congress. Now the 49-year-old former American … Continue reading

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Fund: Revolutionary Do-Over (1)

An old Washington story goes that when Martians land near the White House, everyone inside the Beltway flees in terror. Everyone, that is, except for the folks at the favor-factories known as Congress’s Appropriations Committees, who rush to greet the … Continue reading

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Burrell: Could Britain throw a Tea Party as well?

Tea, the poet William Cowper observed, is “the cup that cheers”. Unless you’re an American, in which case it’s a symbol of oppression worth hurling into the Atlantic. In Britain, tea parties are occasions associated not with revolution but with … Continue reading

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Pollsters sound unusual note of caution (4)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not be immune to a Canadian version of the so-called Tea Party fury that devastated U.S. Democrats last week, and leading pollsters suggest he should be looking over his shoulder as the end of his … Continue reading

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'Tea party' helps Rubio break Beltway

If the “tea party” is the story of 2010, then Marco Rubio’s rise from anti-establishment challenger to senator-elect is the story of the insurgent movement itself. Long before Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, Joe Miller or Mike Lee ousted the establishment’s … Continue reading

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Cohen: Obama swings wildly at Tea Party ghosts

The Tea Party has no leader. It has no address, no phone and no Washington headquarters. It is everywhere and nowhere. For Barack Obama, the Tea Party is the quintessential asymmetrical enemy, much like the Taliban in Afghanistan. The president … Continue reading

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Noonan: Tea Party to the Rescue

Two central facts give shape to the historic 2010 election. The first is not understood by Republicans, and the second not admitted by Democrats. The first: the tea party is not a “threat” to the Republican Party, the tea party … Continue reading

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MAINWARING: The conscience of the 'Me Generation'

Last April 15, Tea Party groups across the nation held tax day rallies protesting Washington’s profligate spending and the wild unchecked growth of government. President Obama, speaking at a Miami fundraiser that same day said, “I’ve been a little amused … Continue reading

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For Reid, No Shaking Tea Party Challenger (3)

LAS VEGAS — Senator Harry Reid of Nevada first thought he could scrape his way to re-election by invoking his power as majority leader and reminding voters what that means for his home state. When that didn’t seem to work, … Continue reading

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