The Other McCain

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A Tea Party In Brighton, UK

by Smitty There are signs of possible renewal in England. Announcing a Tea Party in Brighton, Daniel Hannan admonishes: Those British Lefties who now sneer at what they regard as the Americanisation of the British Right would do well to remember their own history. They are the political heirs of Charles James Fox, of John […]

Tea Party Weekend: Daytona Bike Week Freedom Rally Is Ready to Rock!

Chelsea Schilling at WorldNetDaily: One year ago this week, tens of thousands of patriots held “tea parties” in 40 cities in protest of government expansion, bailouts and the stimulus package, launching a nationwide movement – and now those citizens are regrouping and heading back to the streets to “recharge the movement” Saturday. Feb. 27 marks […]

Let’s Walk Back That Daffy Lame Duck Talk

by Smitty (h/t Insty) This post is prompted by Sense of Events: “Is Obama a lame duck already?” It’s far too early to start writing anything triumphal about the lameness of the POTUS. The chief reason is that, while the Tea Parties are an impressive outpouring of outrage, they haven’t demonstrated staying power. They cannot, […]

Weirdest Story of the Day

From Big Government: Clintonistas are plotting a “push/pull” strategy. They plan to identify 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement and engage in deep opposition research on them. If possible, they will identify one or two they can perhaps ‘turn’, either with money or threats, to create a mole in the movement. The […]

MSM, GOP and NY23

In an article about the Tea Party movement, the Los Angeles Times re-writes the history of Doug Hoffman’s campaign last year in New York’s 23rd District: Many Republican Party leaders have welcomed [Tea Party involvement in local GOP organizations], particularly because they worried that the energy driving the tea party movement might create a third party […]

Sarah Palin Mobbed in Daytona

She’s more popular than Danica Patrick! When NASCAR president Mike Helton acknowledged her as a special guest, she got the largest ovation from the room, packed from the front to the back with drivers, team members, support personnel and onlookers. After sitting through the meeting, Palin could not get out the door. Fans mobbed her, […]

Instapundit Interviews Les Phillip

This was sort of a carom shot of my Alabama trip. My Monday American Spectator column included two paragraphs about Les Phillip, who is running for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District. Friday night, after the state GOP meeting in Montgomery, Ali Akbar and I hung out with Phillip — who smokes cigars — on the veranda […]

Tea Party Leadership Training Webcast Scheduled for Feb. 27

Richard Viguerie, Eric Odom, Dana Loesch and Michael Patrick Leahy are among the participants in an event presented by the Nationwide Tea Party Coalition. There will be a live Webcast of this seminar in Chantilly, Va. Check it out. (Hat-tip: Dan Riehl.)

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