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GOP Wave of Change Hits House; Republicans Also Gain Governorships
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyRepublicans catapulted back into relevance and power Tuesday, taking majority control of the House and winning governorships all over the country. Democrats fell in dozens of House races as voters registered their unhappiness with the recession-wracked economy and the direction of the country. In a pendulum swing of historic proportions, Republicans picked up at least nine governorships in states now led by Democrats, including many that will be key to the 2012 presidential election, and held on to Florida. They also took Democratic Senate seats in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Arkansas, Wisconsin, ...
Dick Armey Talks Tea Parties, Government Shutdowns, and Lindsey Graham
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyDick Armey, the former House majority leader, has become a key leader within the conservative tea party movement through his FreedomWorks organization. Armey sat down with Politics Daily recently before a tea party rally in North Philadelphia to discuss the 2010 elections, the future of the tea party movement, the fate of moderate Republicans, and the new order in Washington if candidates he backs join Congress. Click play below to watch highlights from the interview, and click here to watch the full interview. -- On John Boehner: "I think he deserves his right to be tested on his own ...
NAACP Issues Report That Links Tea Party Leaders to 'Hate Groups'
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThe charge of "racism" is one that the Tea Party movement would like to shake. In the past, it has dismissed the label as only representing a few of its members on the fringe. However, the issue surfaced again on Wednesday when the NAACP -- which made news in July when it asked the Tea Party to repudiate racist elements within its ranks – issued a report that details associations between Tea Party organizations and hate groups in this country. In a conference call with journalists, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said that while there are policy disagreements, the civil rights group ...
Dick Armey Backs John Boehner for House Speaker
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyDick Armey, the former House majority leader and a key leader within the conservative Tea Party movement, tells Politics Daily that he has full confidence in House Minority Leader John Boehner to be the next speaker of the House if Republicans retake control of the chamber in November. "I think he deserves his right to be tested on his own grounds and on his own terms and not be held accountable for the failings of the leadership team that went before him," Armey said. "He has proven himself to be a constitutional, small government conservative with reliable initiative in the past. I think ...
Opinion: GOP to Tea Party -- Your Votes, Not Your Ideas
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- I had a good chuckle at Erick Ericson's enraged piece on the Republican pledge, now being circulated by Democratic spinmeisters. Question for Erickson: What did he expect? Here is the GOP cruising to a handsome election victory. Do you seriously imagine that they would jeopardize the prospect of victory and chairmanships by issuing big, bold promises to do deadly unpopular things? But if the document is unsurprising, it's also unsurprising that Erickson and those who think like him would find it enraging. The "Pledge to America" is a repudiation of the central, foundational ...
Will Social Conservatives Derail the Tea Party?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Sept. 17) -- After more than a year of agitating for smaller government and fiscal austerity, the tea party may be getting religion. As opponents of abortion rights and gay marriage gathered for the 2010 Values Voters Summit to hear from Republican leaders still glowing from the primary season, signs that the movement spawned by economic concerns may be morphing with that of social conservatives suddenly seemed to be everywhere: Former abstinence counselor Christine O'Donnell's upset win in the Delaware Republican Senate primary marked a departure from other tea party primary ...
Podcast: Americans for Prosperity's Erik Telford and PR Strategist Jim Eltringham
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyA few weeks ago, former Majority Leader Dick Armey, who also heads the conservative organization FreedomWorks, joined me on the podcast. During our conversation, Armey told me that FreedomWorks and The Club for Growth "have a very good working relationship," but said that another conservative grassroots group, Americans for Prosperity, "quite frankly, just simply doesn't do much." In the interest of equal time, Erik Telford of Americans for Prosperity joined me on a recent podcast to answer Armey's charge that his group "doesn't do much." As Telford explained, his group and Armey's group ...
Dick Armey Says J.D. Hayworth Had 'Undistinguished Career'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAppearing on CNBC Thursday morning, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey ripped former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, saying he had a "fairly undistinguished career." Talking with John Harwood, Armey added, "I don't remember a single legislative initiative that he took nor do I recall him actively working on a legislative manner." Armey went on to mock the notion that Hayworth -- who is challenging John McCain in the GOP Senate primary next week in Arizona -- had helped write the Bush tax cuts, in the following exchange: HARWOOD: [Hayworth] noted that yesterday he was the first Republican ...
Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe on 'A Tea Party Manifesto'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyFormer House Majority Leader (and current FreedomWorks Chairman) Dick Armey joined us on today's podcast -- along with FreedomWorks President and CEO Matt Kibbe -- to discuss their new book, 'Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto.' During our conversation, Armey expressed optimism that if Republicans were to retake the majority in Congress in November, they could lead effectively. As evidence, he cites the possibility that conservatives like Pat Toomey and Marco Rubio could join with Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to "set the agenda." As Armey put it: "Senator DeMint's got about eight new ...
Tea Party Boot Campers: No Money, No Problem
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 9) -- Can yard signs and volunteer phone banks trump big money and TV ads this November? Tea party activists wrapping up a four-day election boot camp here say they''ll make up in "sweat equity" what they lack in political cash to get out the vote for candidates who've signed their Contract From America to shrink government and lower taxes. But a new Politico report reveals growing concerns among tea party activists that "their efforts to reshape American politics, starting with the 2010 elections, are being undermined by a shortage of cash that's partly the result of a deep ...
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