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Tea Partiers yearn for a "truly red" Tennessee

NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legislature in 2010, they expected to get the legislation they wanted. Many of these middle-class insurgents are disappointed. ...

Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: Does the tea party have a real future in Utah politics?

The defeat of long-serving, well-respected Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana again raises questions about the power and influence...

Tea Party Takeover

For those who think Sen. Richard Lugar’s defeat was primarily attributable to running a weak campaign or for living outside of Indiana for decades, I’ve got one number in dissent: 38 percent. That’s the shockingly low percentage of the vote the six-term senator won this month, with a margin of defeat larger than any other senator in a primary over the past three decades. That’s a 2006 Rick ...

Will the Tea Party bring down Orrin Hatch?

A GOP icon suffers a big setback at the party's Utah convention, failing to dodge a primary challenge from a conservative candidate backed by the noisy grassroots movement

7-Eleven video of Trayvon Martin released

Trayvon Martin walked into a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, grabbing a bag of Skittles and a can of AriZona iced tea.