Sentences with phrase «tea party activists make»

Washington (CNN)- In a speech to college students on Tuesday in Chicago, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said that Tea Party activists make up «a third or more» of the voting age population.

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Neither is as effective as it could be without the other: Obama's perceived failures may demoralize many on the Left and make it harder to recruit and energize activists, but Democrats» inability to turn out their supporters in 2009 and 2010 helped create the very conditions that now force him to give in to the Tea Party types again and again.

Mel McGinnis, who donned one of Trump's signature «Make America Great Again» red hats was another Tea Party faithful in the crowd, frustrated with the progressive activists and their interruptions.

If Palin does make a stab at presidential politics, she'll have a natural following among Tea Party activists, whose grassroots network is fueled by anger over the growth of the federal government and President Barack Obama's policies.

Tea Party activist Rus Thompson said he was concerned for Arnold but didn't want to make any comment about the situation until he had all the details about what happened.

In light of a video showing him making disparaging comments about Republicans and tea party activists, Schiller has been placed on leave at NPR and will never start what was to be his new job.

Since the repeal debate began, protesters have made direct confrontations with elected officials a central part of their opposition to the Republican bill — copying what worked for tea party activists, who packed Democratic town halls during the lengthy 2009 - 2010 Affordable Care Act debate.

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. — For a man who has earned his reputation by making noise, Tea Party activist Rus Thompson has been noticeably quiet of late.

Cruz arrived on the presidential stage as a hero to tea party activists, but he had another objective: to make himself a hero to evangelical Christians and libertarian conservatives, too.

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Paladino is known for his colorful, blunt language and «Mad as Hell» campaign theme that made him a favorite of anti-establishment conservatives and Tea Party activists.

TAYLOR: Wearing a red make America great again hat, Mel McGinnis was one of the handful of tea party faithful in the crowd frustrated with the progressive activists.

This bill to reject Common Core is being sponsored by Senator Vicki Marble, a tea party activist who recently made a name for herself for bizarre comments on race.

The new polls make clear that more than a year of high - profile opposition to the Common Core from parent activists on the left and the right, as well as from tea party groups, celebrity comedians and politicians such as Jindal and Huckabee, has taken a toll.

In fighting the Common Core, some tea party activists have made common cause with elements of the progressive education blob that always resist rigor, measurement and accountability.

Such intolerance of disagreement is something for which conservatives and Tea Party activists are often criticized, and is the type of ideological purity that has made our national politics a mess.

Whether you're skydiving onto the beaches of Durban, galavanting across the U.S. on the Tea Party's invitation to spread Birther lies about President Obama's birth certificate, pitching «Fox News Australia» to a wealthy mining magnate, or referring to young climate activists as «Hitler Youth» without apology, the discerning climate science (and reality) denier must make a fashion statement.

This year, the black - helicopter set made common cause with Tea Party activists concerned about an over-reaching government, and more mainstream politicians are taking notice.