Sentences with phrase «from tea party conservatives»

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But as that occurred before the advent of the Tea Party, which was sparked in large part out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative House Republicans.

Once the darling of the Tea Party, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has faced an intense backlash of criticism from the conservative wing of his party over his support for comprehensive immigration reParty, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has faced an intense backlash of criticism from the conservative wing of his party over his support for comprehensive immigration reparty over his support for comprehensive immigration reform.

That will likely stir opposition from Tea Party members and fiscal conservatives in the House.

Representative Trey Gowdy, the 49 - year - old from South Carolina chosen by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner to chair the panel, is a Christian conservative elected to Congress in 2010 on the wave of the Tea Party movement.

Conservative Christians did claim some victories Tuesday night, including helping the GOP retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and helping elect tea party favorite Ted Cruz as a U.S. senator from Texas.

The GOP is fragmented by conflicting requirements from traditional Goldwater conservatives (now best represented by Libertarians) neocons, social conservatives, fiscal conservative (including the Randists), tea party nutters and the American Taliban.

Myth # 1: The Tea Party movement is distinct from previous conservative movements like the Christian Right.

That is all you hear from Rand Paul and all the Conservative Tea Party they are the ones that are taking away our rights in the name of being a Christian for there religion.

It just irks me that the founding father of the Tea Party gets no respect from the Tea Party even though he is the only true fiscal conservative in the race.

Maybe Cox is confused about which party he is running for... an endorsement from the labor unions that have bankrupted our state governments is an insult to any true conservative, especially one that facies himself allied with the tea party

He has a chance in 2012 to take the position from whoever wins this race... but if he does back Davis, I suspect he will not get any backing from any of the REAL Conservatives or Republicans, not to mention REAL tea party people.

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.

Carl Paladino has also vowed to form a tea party - oriented line, meaning the Conservatives are facing potential vote - takers from several places.

The poll shows Cruz scoring new love from the party's most conservative members, with evangelical and tea party voters showing major support for him.

The GOP could face a revolt from within its tea party grassroots base if it nominates an establishment candidate without true conservative, anti-big government values, one of America's leading conservative pundits tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview.

Across the state, the governor, who will release his budget on Tuesday, is earning praise from unlikely sources: Republicans, Tea Party supporters and conservative Democrats.

Tenney, a conservative who has received strong support from Tea Party groups in the past, is viewed by Hanna as too extreme to represent the eight - county district.

«What happened in Mississippi was appalling,» the freshman Republican senator from Texas — a rock star among tea party activists and other grassroots conservatives — said Monday.

IN KENTUCKY... Tuesday's marquee battle is in Kentucky, where Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is being challenged by businessman Matt Bevin, who enjoys strong support from many tea party groups and influential conservative anti-establishment organizations.

Hatch, who is running next year for a seventh term in the Senate, is facing opposition from some in the tea party movement, including FreedomWorks, a major DC - based conservative grassroots organization that is actively working to find a candidate to take on Hatch in next year's primary.

Both Pataki and Giuliani hail from the moderate wing of the GOP, although Pataki sought to buff his credentials with the more conservative Tea Party types during the last electionc cycle through Revere America, which advocated for the repeal of «Obamacare,» and targeted Democrats who had voted «yes» on health care reform.

The second - term congressman faces a potential Republican primary challenge from two conservative candidates — Michael Kicinski, of Earlville, an electronics engineer and member of the Norwich Tea Party Patriots, and Michael Vasquez, of Binghamton, an insurance agent and political blogger.

The race has some of the same themes as that Virginia primary, with a moderate main street Republican looking to keep his seat, in the wake of a challenge from a more conservative Tea Party Republican.

NEW YORK — Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio today withdrew from the race for New York's governor, a decision that helps the chances of the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican priParty candidate Rick Lazio today withdrew from the race for New York's governor, a decision that helps the chances of the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican priparty candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican primary.

While it might be expected that the party would support a lifelong member and landslide - winning candidate, Democrats waited until after Cuomo had garnered support from the state Conservative Party, business coalitions and even tea party groups — entities more accustomed to blasting Democrats than helping party would support a lifelong member and landslide - winning candidate, Democrats waited until after Cuomo had garnered support from the state Conservative Party, business coalitions and even tea party groups — entities more accustomed to blasting Democrats than helping Party, business coalitions and even tea party groups — entities more accustomed to blasting Democrats than helping party groups — entities more accustomed to blasting Democrats than helping them.

(CNN)- A conservative activist who's challenging a top House Republican Wednesday landed an endorsement from a leading national tea party organization.

«While we respect your commitment to public service, your record in Congress would leave us no choice but to actively oppose your candidacy should you decide to run,» reads the letter signed by more than a dozen conservative and tea party activists from Northern California.

Sen. Ted Cruz, the controversy - courting, Tea Party - backed conservative from Texas who is starting to get mentioned as a potential 2016 contender even though he has only been in office since January, will headline the state GOP's annual dinner in New York City next month.

The May 24th special election pits Republican New York State Assembly member Jane Corwin against Democrat Kathleen Hochul and independent Tea Party candidate Jack Davis, a conservative former Democrat who may siphon votes from Corwin.

Facing seven other more conservative candidates, Bennett has been the focus of withering criticism from members of his own party as well as Tea Party activparty as well as Tea Party activParty activists.

But the FreedomWorks chairman warned there would be consequences for conservatives if third - party Tea Party candidates siphon votes away from Republicans in party Tea Party candidates siphon votes away from Republicans in Party candidates siphon votes away from Republicans in 2010.

«I don't know where this professor was when the New York delegation was facing relentless attacks from the Tea Party in Washington, but I do know where Kathy Hochul was — standing and fighting right alongside us,» said Rep. Charlie Rangel in a statement yesterday, after Hochul's opponent, Columbia Law professor Tim Wu, issued the first of a four - part dossier on her relatively conservative voting record.

In order to help freshman Democratic congressman John Adler win reelection this year in this conservative - leaning district, which had been occupied by a Republican for 25 years prior to 2008, the Democratic Party conspired to plant a fake tea - party candidate on the ballot to siphon votes away from Republican nominee Jon RuParty conspired to plant a fake tea - party candidate on the ballot to siphon votes away from Republican nominee Jon Ruparty candidate on the ballot to siphon votes away from Republican nominee Jon Runyan.

Republicans are concerned that Davis, who is a former Democrat, but was able to get enough signatures to run on the ballot as the Tea Party candidate, is drawing conservative support from Corwin.

The 2010 midterm elections drew residents from every corner of Queens to vote in races that ousted its last remaining Republican in Albany and changed the face of politics in a borough where Republicans and Tea Party members made little headway despite a national groundswell of support for more conservative politicians.

Gibson holds a 52 percent rating from the American Conservative Union based on his 2011 voting record compared with 72 percent for fellow Hudson Valley Republican and Tea Party favorite Nan Hayworth.

The conservative congresswoman from Minnesota, who's a favorite of many Tea Party activists, won approval for the new organization late last week from the Democratic leadership.

Brat offset the the cash disadvantage with endorsements from conservative activists like radio host Laura Ingraham, and with help from local tea party activists angry at Cantor.

And the American Conservative Union, which organizes the annual conference, announced Thursday that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was elected to the Senate in 2010 with strong support from tea party activists, will give an address at the event.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $ 400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion - dollar deficits.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

In choosing him, Obama — whose education policies have sparked backlash from a strange - bedfellows alliance of tea party conservatives and teachers unions — is choosing continuity.

But some tea party conservatives have criticized the standards, saying they're not rigorous enough and take local control away from states and school districts, labeling the standards «Obamacore.»

Given opposition from the strange alliance of teachers unions and tea party conservatives, it was no surprise this sensible measure failed.

While the tea - party conservatives lined up for Walker and the unions lined up for Malloy, both candidates collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from major corporations.

I actually discuss a number of such cases in the book — Kerry Emanuel, of course, but also moderate conservatives like David Frum and Bruce Bartlett, who have grown alienated from the Tea Party types within their pParty types within their partyparty.

Granted, he won't be serving in the 112th Congress because tea party candidate Trey Gowdy, a prosecutor, ousted him from the uber - conservative Greenville area district during the June primary.

Rep. Bob Inglis, a six - term Republican Congressman from South Carolina and member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, lost his primary bid for re-election to a Tea Party - backed candidate who accused him of not being conservative enough, at least in part because of his record of accepting reality on climate change.

However, when you claim to know things about the south, conservatives, church sermons, and the tea party, all of which I know about from experience, there is a problem.

The simmering controversy sheds light on the vast influence of the Koch political machine, which spans from the top conservative think tanks, Republican politicians, a small army of contracted lobbyists, and Tea Party front groups in nearly every state.