Topic: Tea Party Movement

Palin says not too late to consider presidential run

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party champion Sarah Palin, who has already ruled out a 2012 presidential run, on Monday attempted to dangle her name anew as a possible Republican candidate, although it's probably too late.In an interview to air on Fox Business ...

Romney raises doubts about Gingrich in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich among South Carolina conservatives on Saturday by criticizing his high-paid work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac.Romney, on a two-day tour of South Carolina ...

Romney raises doubts about Gingrich in S.Carolina

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich among South Carolina conservatives on Saturday by criticizing his high-paid work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac.Romney, on a two-day tour of South Carolina ...

Romney warms up tepid South Carolina campaign

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warmed up his tepid campaign in South Carolina on Friday with the endorsement of Republican Governor Nikki Haley, winning a key ally for a tough fight."We've been hoping for this for a ...

Tea Party Patriots co-founder arrested in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A co-founder of the conservative Tea Party Patriots group was arrested at a New York airport on Thursday for gun possession, authorities said.Mark Meckler, 49, was charged with illegally traveling with a pistol after he was arrested at ...

Special Report: Tea Party grassroots army readies for battle

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - For insight into the conservative Tea Party movement's battle plan in 2012, check out Joe Dugan's Google spreadsheets.Dugan, 66, a retired manufacturing executive and chairman of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party, is particularly proud of the ...

Tea party group drops depiction of Obama as skunk

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - In the wake of criticism, a Kansas tea party group has removed from its web site home page a comparison of President Obama to a skunk.The Patriot Freedom Alliance, based in Hutchinson, Kansas, posted a photo of ...

Mitt Romney flexes New Hampshire muscle

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney flexed his campaign's organizational muscle in the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday, unleashing hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls on his behalf.The former ...

Romney promises to "earn it" in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney flexed his campaign's organizational muscle in the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday, unleashing hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls on his behalf.Standing before ...

Occupy Richmond protesters back Tea Party against city

(Reuters) - Despite political differences with the conservative Tea Party movement, anti-Wall Street protesters in Richmond, Virginia, have come out in support of the local Tea Party group against "unfair" treatment from the city.After the city accused the Richmond Tea Party of ...
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