Items filed under "tea party movement"

Tea party groups holding legislators to promises

Mike — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:48:52 -0500

The conservative tea party groups that helped elect dozens of new candidates to Congress on Nov. 2 are now delivering a warning to them: We're watching you.

Tea party groups choose to stand mute on same-sex marriage ruling

Mike — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:56:52 -0400

"I do think it's a state's right," said Phillip Dennis, Texas state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots. The group does not take a position on social issues, he said, but personally, "I believe that if the people in Massachusetts want gay people to get married, then they should allow it, just as people in Utah do not support abortion. They should have the right to vote against that."

What the Tea Party really wants

Mike — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:56:05 -0400

Over the years the federal government has become the powerful central government the Anti-Federalists feared. Issues such as mandatory health care, expanding welfare programs, government takeover of private industry and an insurmountable national debt created by our elected representatives have Tea Party members as mad as hornets.

Matt Miller - What do the primaries mean? Beats me

Mike — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:57:33 -0400

What these trends portend is lasting voter frustration as it dawns on a widening swath of Americans that the perquisites of middle-class life, and the prospects of upward mobility for their children, may elude them. These strains won't change in the two years before the next election, or in the two years after that, or the in two after that, unless policies are introduced that go radically beyond the boundaries of current debate. Instead we'll see a cycle in which voters take stock every two years and say: "My insurance premiums are still going up -- we still can't save enough for college, let alone for retirement -- and you people in charge haven't fixed any of this!"

Op-Ed Columnist - The Great Consolidation of Power - NYTimes.com

Mike — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:34:31 -0400

From the Troubled Asset Relief Program to the stimulus bill, from the auto bailout to health care reform, we’ve created a vast new array of public-private partnerships — empowering insiders at the expense of outsiders, large institutions at the expense of small ones, and Washington at the expense of state and local governments. Eighteen months after the financial crisis, the interests of our financiers, C.E.O.’s, bureaucrats and politicians are yoked together as never before.

Dana Milbank - GOP's Utah and Maine conventions show a party coming unglued

Mike — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:39:27 -0400

The Maine Republicans a week ago rejected a platform proclaiming that "we believe that the proper role of government is to help provide for those who can not help themselves"; that "we believe in ensuring that our children have access to the best educational opportunities"; and that "every person's dignity, freedom, liberty, ability and responsibility must be honored."

Poll: Tea party platform fares best among GOP conservatives

Mike — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:50:25 -0400

Anti-government sentiment runs high in the poll, with about seven in 10 saying they are "dissatisfied" or "angry" with the way the federal government works, the most to say so since just after the government shutdown ended in early 1996. Nearly half of all those angry with how Washington works say they support the tea-party movement. Nevertheless, most voters say they won't be swayed by a candidate's association with the tea party, and more say that would drive them away from such a candidate than to support him or her.

Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com

Mike — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:32:13 -0400

“That’s a conundrum, isn’t it?” asked Jodine White, 62, of Rocklin, Calif. “I don’t know what to say. Maybe I don’t want smaller government. I guess I want smaller government and my Social Security.” She added, “I didn’t look at it from the perspective of losing things I need. I think I’ve changed my mind.”

Tea Party Groups Make Harry Reid Target No. 1 - NYTimes.com

Mike — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:59:09 -0400

A poll by The Las Vegas Review Journal in February, before Mr. Ashjian filed as a candidate, showed a generic Tea Party candidate winning 18 percent of the vote, leaving the unspecified Republican nominee with 32 percent and Mr. Reid with 36 percent.

Those angry about health-care generally concerned about the country's direction - washingtonpost.com

Mike — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:16:48 -0400

"What I worry about is that they aren't going to have the choices that we had," she said. "There are going to be mandates for everything. Mandates and taxes, more and more, a heavier burden on them. I'm feeling we're headed toward a socialist society, and I feel that it's not going to be reversible if it keeps going the way that it is."