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It was a cultural clash between an elite and much of the public, between liberal intellectuals and the Obama administration on the one hand and the mass of Tea party activists on the other.

Not exact matches

There is anger on main street, but Obama has allowed this anger to be channeled by the tea party activists, supported by rich billionaires like the Koch brothers.

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.

In Tea Party activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty activists and in angry voters electing or putting on the ballot, excuse me, in primaries, people like Christine O'Donnell in Delaware — does that create a situation where the Republican Party in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacParty in a general election is so out of the mainstream, is so filled with candidates who are so crazy that the party actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfacparty actually ends up blowing an incredible opportunity that's been handed to them on a silver platter and fails to capitalize in a significant way on the intense voter dissatisfaction?

Tea party activists are struggling to rally behind a single presidential contender as disparate groups with conflicting priorities balance candidate viability with conservative purity on policies that extend well beyond the spending concerns that spawned the movement just two years ago.

In the aftermath of the 2012 American elections, some Tea Party activists have taken up more traditionally populist ideological viewpoints on issues that are distinct from general conservative views.

Standing in front of a large orange - and - black «Paladino for Governor» banner, Golombek joked that he wasn't the only Democrat in the room, noting Rus Thompson, a WNY Tea Party activist and state comptroller candidate on Paladino's Taxpayers Party line, is, too.

Tea Party activist Rus Thompson is mulling a primary against Sen. Mark Grisanti on the Independence Party line.

(CNN)-- An anti-abortion Republican congressman from Tennessee, first elected in 2010 with support from tea party activists, testified at divorce proceedings in 2001 that he and his wife mutually agreed on her getting two abortions, according to court transcripts released to CNN Friday.

Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, two - time N.J. gubernatorial candidate and director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and «Barbara from Harlem,» a regular guest on Sean Hannity's radio program, will address the Tea Party activists about the 2012 elections and the state of politics in the United States today.

But last year, challenger Bob Turner took almost 40 percent of the vote in his battle against six - term incumbent Weiner in a year in which Tea Party activists and others opposed to President Barack Obama's policies exacted a heavy toll on Democrats across the country, costing them control of the House.

Western New York Tea Party activist Rus Thompson was arraigned on voter fraud charges in State Supreme Court Thursday.

However, you feel it is right to characterize all the Tea Party Activists based on the actions of a few.

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.

On that sweltering summer day, he was confronted by several angry tea party activists aggitated about the impending health care overhaul.

During a 2009 contest in upstate New York, tea party activists revolted against the national party for trying to foist an establishment candidate on them.

An odd mix of local party leaders, business associates and activists in the nascent Tea Party — all munching beef on weck — filled the mosaic courtyard of the Ellicott Square Building, a jewel by Daniel Burnham that is the headquarters of Paladino's real estate emparty leaders, business associates and activists in the nascent Tea Party — all munching beef on weck — filled the mosaic courtyard of the Ellicott Square Building, a jewel by Daniel Burnham that is the headquarters of Paladino's real estate emParty — all munching beef on weck — filled the mosaic courtyard of the Ellicott Square Building, a jewel by Daniel Burnham that is the headquarters of Paladino's real estate empire.

This event was pushed hard by the Tea Party and activist Rus Thompson and the gun rights group Shooters Committee on Political Education.

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.

She hasn't wowed on the fundraising front — $ 178,000 on hand through May 12 — but faces far less well - financed primary challengers including tea party activist Rick Barber.

Washington (CNN)- Tea Party activists are becoming engaged in the nomination fight over who will replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.

Saturday's rally was spearheaded by local Tea Party activist Rus Thompson and the Shooters Committee On Political Education, a gun advocacy group.

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.

Vanessa Williamson is a Ph.D. student in Government at Harvard University, who has done in - depth ethnographic and interview research on Tea Party activists.

According to the Courier - Post, some party activists were uncomfortable with the plan, but they collected the requisite number of signatures, and now a picture framer named Peter DeStefano is on the ballot on the NJ Tea Party party activists were uncomfortable with the plan, but they collected the requisite number of signatures, and now a picture framer named Peter DeStefano is on the ballot on the NJ Tea Party Party line.

[210][211] Rubio's stance on military, foreign policy and national security issues — such as his support for arming the Syrian rebels and for the NSA — alienated some libertarian - oriented Tea Party activists.

«A clear pattern of behavior has emerged over the last 16 months,» Tea Party activists Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin write in an op - ed published Wednesday on the Politico website.

The anger that erupted at meetings last summer — focused, particularly, on the health care legislation — helped draw attention to Tea Party activists.

(CNN)- Sarah Palin bucked the GOP establishment on Thursday when she endorsed Washington state Tea Party activist Clint Didier in his bid for the Senate.

After Tea Party activists objected to spending money on climate science, the topic was changed to «recurrent flooding» and passed.

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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.

As states moved to implement the new Standards (and aligned assessments), an anti-Common Core coalition arose first on the far right among Tea Party activists and then from the left, particularly among teacher advocacy groups.

«There are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you,» said Tim Curtis, an activist with the tea party group 9/12, at a meeting in Tampa about Common Core on Oct. 15.

In states where Republican opposition has stunted progress on clean energy, unlikely coalitions of tea party activists and environmentalists are forming to take their arguments to the people through referendums and pressure campaigns.

Mariano argues that a «fiscally conservative, socially liberal, and ecologically conscious» version of the Tea Party could address issues not raised by the current crop of conservative and libertarian activists... in a manner that aligns with a focus on limited government intrusion into the market.

The bottom line is that the present Republican message on global warming — that it ranges somewhere between a leftist hoax and a murky, open question and is of little consequence regardless — is political poison outside of the rapidly diminishing ranks of Tea Party activists.

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.