nd, When John Boehner announces hees coming to western New York for a fundraising breakfast this weekend, we need to take notice. Boehner has made Tea Party extremist Chris Collins, race against Rep. Kathy Hochul a top priority. Now hens taking a page out of Karl Rove s playbook and opening a so-called G

e, and Florida participated in the suit asking the Supreme Court to declare the whole plan unconstitutional. Nonetheless, Mr. Scott recently shocked Tea Party activists by announcing his support for the Medicaid expansion. But his support came with a condition: he was willing to cover more of the uninsure

in the district on Friday and now we just have to close strong. Tonight is the FIRST live debate between Kathy 1-lochul and her GOP Challenger and Tea Party favorite Chris Collins. This is a great chance to see Kathy in action. The debate will be at 7:00 PM here in NY and streamed live at ww'Democratand

e=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+r euters/businessNews+(News+/+US+/+Business+News)>) Republican Tea Party debate last night on CNN (no real surprises, a lot of candidates went after Perry) Nomura is said to plan to cut about 5% of jobs in Europe (reduct

to bust unions, further deregulate energy industries, and avoid the imposition of regulation in commodities trading. AFP spends generously to elect Tea Party candidates, and has been a primary funder of controversial Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's election and bid to avoid a recall after his crusade to

ffPo Eliot Spitzer and Mary Matalin debate a week for the GOP to forget, from Perry' s freeze to Silberman' s healthy decision to voter rejection of Tea Party extremism. And it looks like no Bain-Cain ticket next year. Spitzer-Matalin clash on the merits of so-called "Obamacare" but there' s a rough conse

en staunchly conservative ones, who even emitted a whiff of being somewhat reasonable. Conservative standard-bearer Orrin Hatch narrowly survived a Tea Party challenge last year. Hatch wasn't as fortunate as his fellow conservative from Utah, Bob Bennett, who lost to his primary challenger in 2010, just

ontested that Reagan actually "wrote the playbook" for today's far-right GOPers. He compared Reagan's views on income inequality and race to today's Tea Party ("On race, his ideas couldn't be more Tea Party if he shouted them from a rascal scooter") and even credited him for inspiring today's colorful Tea

n very different ways who have different values and who trust different messengers. BILL MOYERS: Assume that ■ a skeptic. Not only a skeptic but a Tea Party Republican who goes to church every Sunday where my beloved pastor tells me that, reassures me that God created the earth 6,000 years ago and that

en staunchly conservative ones, who even emitted a whiff of being somewhat reasonable. Conservative standard-bearer Orrin Hatch narrowly survived a Tea Party challenge last year. Hatch wasn't as fortunate as his fellow conservative from Utah, Bob Bennett, who lost to his primary challenger in 2010, just a

n the verge of dismantling pieces of it. Far-fetched? Perhaps. But take a look at what's been happening in Washington and many state capitals since Tea Party fanatics gained effective control of the Republican Party, and you'd be forgiven if you see parallels. Tea Party Republicans are crowing about the

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lip-flop /pledge lack specifics or don't add up. One of the biggest problems in America is political gridlock and the "winner-take-all" attitudes of Tea Party backed Republican Conservatives in Congress and their supporters around the country. As CNN Contributor Julian Zelizer said earlier this year, "Con

like Paul Ryan and EFTA00678668 Rand Paul still don't think this is enough and some of my conservative friends are still sending me cartoons and Tea Party articles that suggest that President Obama's economic policies are a disaster. For them I asked one thing, is the country better off now than it was

-PRESIDENTIAL M&M'S The next morning, a Monday, I woke early and turned on CNN. Senator Lindsey Graham, who is facing a primary challenge from four Tea Party candidates in South Carolina, was saying with utter confidence that Iran had hoodwinked the Administration in Geneva. Next came a poll showing tha

e committees will start considering the bill on Wednesday. Even if it passes the House, some Republican senators object to the Medicaid cuts and the Tea Party wing hates the idea of retaining any subsidies. Republicans have been vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act even before it became law in 2010.

oconservatives who opposed even the modest defense cuts suggested by former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates have come up against neo-isolationist Tea Party-backed tax-cutters and their guru, Grover G. Norquist. At the same time, some Republicans who have long said that government spending doesn't gener

POLITICS BEAST How the Tea Party's Apocalyptic Politics Are Destroying the Republican Party Joe McLean: Nov 11, 2013 Tea Party leaders view themselves as modern prophets of the end of times, ratcheting up their rhetoric to prove that Obama is evil and God is on their side.

ot as monolithically opposed to a deal as one might think. Last year's talks taught the White House that there are divisions between the hard-right Tea Party faction that is unilaterally opposed to any tax hikes and more traditional Republicans who are so concerned about the long-term deficit that under

ow, it sounds like =ome crazy science fiction story, but you see, here in California, we're not=just gluten-free and soy-free and peanut-free, we're Tea Party free! Virgini= could do it, too, but they're too busy forcing ultrasounds on women who want abortions. Texas could, but they don't because they're t