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Rebellious Arizona -- the Perfect Venue for Next Week's Tea Party Summit
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyArizona -- with its battles over immigration and its liberal gun laws -- has become something of a poster child for the anti-government movement. Which is why the Tea Party Patriots, the largest tea party group in the country, will hold their American Policy Summit at the Phoenix Convention Center Feb. 25-27. The Tea Party Patriots, which claim more than 3,000 locally organized chapters and more than 15 million supporters nationwide, state on their summit website that they picked Phoenix because the state's tea party invited them and also to support Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's immigration ...
Sharron Angle Goes to Iowa: A Coy 2012 Candidate? Maybe (and Don't Laugh)
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyAre appearances at makeup and skin-care events proper platforms for a presidential candidate? Probably not, but these days one can't take anything for granted. Take Sharron Angle, for example. After making a credible attempt to unseat Democratic Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada last fall, the tea party favorite could be gearing up for a White House run. She was in Iowa recently, attending the premiere of "The Genesis Code," a film featuring former presidential candidate Fred Thompson. And prior to that? On Jan. 21, she appeared at a makeup and skin-care event with Joni Rogers-Kante, founder and ...
What Everyone Thought of Michele Bachmann's State of the Union Response
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMichele Bachmann became the first representative of the tea party movement to respond to a State of the Union address, criticizing President Barack Obama for overspending and praising the tea party for shifting the tides in Washington. CNN was the only cable news network to air the rebuttal live, which in the long run may be remembered more for the Minnesota congresswoman's drifting gaze than her "rogue" remarks. Unbeknownst to cable audiences, Bachmann directly addressed the tea party camera feed slightly off to her right, a small flub that quickly earned her the nickname "crazy eyes" (by ...
State of the Union Address [LIVE FEED]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsAs mandated by the U.S. Constitution, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress today. Surge Desk has a live feed of the proceedings, which will be followed by an official response delivered by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, and an unofficial tea party rejoinder given by Rep. Michele Bachmann. Coverage of the speech begins at 8 p.m. EST, and the president is scheduled to begin speaking approximately an hour later. Live TV : Ustream More State of the Union coverage from Surge Desk: Dr. Peter Rhee: 5 Facts About Gabrielle ...
Michele Bachmann for President? First Reactions
By Yelena Shuster - AOL NewsLook out Sarah Palin -- there's a new Republican woman who's eyeing an Oval Office run in 2012. Michele Bachmann, a three-term congresswoman from Minnesota, is known as much for her conservative views (homosexuality is a "dysfunction" and President Barack Obama is turning America into a "nation of slaves") as for the enmity she arouses in liberals. As ABC News reports, Bachmann, the founder and chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus, will travel to Iowa this month "to seek advice from political forces there and party elders close to the caucus process before coming to a final decision" on ...
Howard Dean: Health Care Mandate Doomed, Tea Party Uneasy About Diversity
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyHoward Dean -- doctor, former presidential candidate, former Democratic Party chairman and former Vermont governor -- says the new health care law's individual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is doomed and not necessary for the law to succeed. Dean offered up that unvarnished opinion and others Wednesday at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast, including his views on the upcoming White House staff shake-up and Speaker John Boehner's challenges with a tea party movement that Dean says is having trouble embracing the nation's demographic diversity. On 2012, Dean reiterated ...
2010: The Year Sarah Palin Became Queen of All Media
By David Knowles - AOL NewsMove on over, Oprah. There's a new media queen in town. In a feat that may have seemed impossible at the conclusion of 2009, Sarah Palin became an even more visible national personality in 2010. After she and Republican presidential nominee John McCain lost the 2008 election by some 8 million votes to Barack Obama and Joe Biden, it may have seemed that Palin would simply fade out of the national spotlight and return to Alaska politics. And when Palin abruptly announced in July 2009 that she was quitting her job as Alaska's governor, little more than two years after being elected, many ...
2010 Was the Year of the Tea Party Movement
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- This was the year of the tea party. What began as a rant on cable TV morphed into a populist movement and political juggernaut in 2010 as conservatives turned against the status quo. Leaning Republican but willing to attack the party establishment, the burgeoning crusade pummeled the policies and persona of President Barack Obama and decisively ended the Democratic monopoly in Congress. "The tea party from beginning to end really defined this election cycle," said Kate Zernike, a New York Times reporter who wrote "Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America." "The mood that they ...
Christine O'Donnell, Not-a-Witch Senate Candidate: Where Is She Now?
By Susan Powers - AOL NewsChristine O'Donnell was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Christine O'Donnell Made News in 2010 When She: Scored an upset victory in her bid for a U.S. Senate seat against established candidate Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican primary. The Full Story: O'Donnell garnered little attention when she announced her candidacy for Delaware's vacant U.S. Senate seat against ...
Repealing 'Obamacare' Will Define Republicans in 2011
By Andrea Stone - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Dec. 11) -- Forget tax cuts, gays in the military and even immigration. In 2011, the hot-button issue for newly ascendant Republicans will be the health care law. Again. For those who thought "death panels" were so '09, or that President Barack Obama settled the matter when he signed the overhaul into law, think again. If there is one issue that promises to unite Republicans everywhere, it's the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Consider: The next speaker of the House, John Boehner, has pledged to repeal and replace what Republicans derisively call ...
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