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Tea Party Movement Evolves Into Political Force With Eye Toward 2010

What started as a conservative protest klatch has evolved into a political force with enough muscle to potentially alter the course of the 2010 mid-term elections. The "tea party" movement that gained steam shortly after President Obama took office is seeing a surge in popularity with a string of candidates and officials willing to take up its cause and a political infrastructure that's starting to mirror that of an actual political party. The tea party activists rallied for smaller government and lower taxes again on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon -- among the headliners were Sen. Jim DeMint , R-S.C., and former Texas Rep. Dick Armey, whose FreedomWorks group has acted as somewhat of an umbrella organization.That's just the latest affirmation of tea party momentum: -- Various tea party groups and supporters, including FreedomWorks, are launching political action committees to back candidates financially in the 2010 elections. -- A Rasmussen poll last week showed that more voters would...

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  1. Dick Armey leaves as head of Tea Party -tied FreedomWorks

    Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential GOP fundraiser, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey says he has left a conservative Tea...

  2. Tea Party storm largely inside IRS -- so far

    Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an inve...

  3. IRS official who refused to testify, resign signed Tea Party letters in 2012

    The IRS official who refused to testify this week -- while claiming she had done nothing wrong -- signed letters to Tea Party groups a year ago that asked them to tu...

  4. It's Fear Over Our Country's Future That's Driving the Tea Party Movement

    Come tomorrow, Nov. 3, what will the headlines across the country read, other than reporting on a Republican landslide election? If history is any guide, the headlin...

  5. Tea Party Activists Defend Rand Paul Amid Civil Rights Controversy

    Tea Partiers had barely started their victory lap for propelling Rand Paul to triumph Tuesday in Kentucky's GOP Senate primary, when a controversy over the new nomin...

  6. Romney Stature in Polls Shows Tea Partiers Can Be Pragmatic Over Dogmatic

    WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's early success in the Republican presidential race is challenging the tea party's clout. Will it continue to pull the GOP sharply right? W...

  7. After Election Victories, Tea Party Activists Look Ahead to 2012

    After Tuesday's historic election, the Tea Party may be just getting started.More than 30 Tea Party-supported candidates seized victory on Tuesday as Republicans cap...

  8. Will the Tea Party be sidelined in 2013?

    Has the Tea Party movement become the final casualty of the 2012 elections?Here are four signs that the end – or at least a diminished future --may be near for once ...

  9. Know Your Tea Party Candidate: Guide to the Most Loved, Hated Movement of 2010

    The mantle of the " Tea Party " candidate has, by turns, emerged as a blessing and a burden this campaign season, but for the most part the dozens of nominees who ca...

  10. Fox News poll: Majority thinks White House knew about IRS actions

    Voters are concerned about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for unfair treatment, and over half think the White House either...

  11. Palin rallies tea partiers with pre-Tax Day message near site of original Boston Tea Party

    BOSTON (AP) — Sarah Palin rallied the conservative tea party movement near the scene of its historical inspiration Wednesday, telling Washington politicians that gov...

  12. Dems downplay Tea Party impact, as activists counter they're still a potent force

    Backers of the Tea Party movement have a message for Democrats who say the movement is over: Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.The Tea Party label has not...

  1. Taxpayer dollars used to fund study attempting to link Tea Party to tobacco lobby

    Taxpayer dollars were used to fund a study that painted the Tea Party movement as the spawn of the tobacco lobby -- a premise that Tea Party leaders say is absurd. T...

  2. Tea Partiers Go Big With Fundraising Campaign to Rival MoveOn.org

    Eyeing the success of Moveon.org and other grassroots groups, the conservative-minded FreedomWorks , which has been at the frontline organizing tea partiers into a h...

  3. Fox News poll: Obama ratings dip, voters say government 'out of control'

    After a week of revelations about government spying on reporters and the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives, most voters feel "like the federal governm...

  4. Tea Party group files first lawsuit against IRS

    A look at fallout from targeting scandal

  5. Tea Partiers Reject Beck's Claim That Support of Gingrich Is Racial

    Glenn Beck is catching heat from the Tea Party movement that he helped champion -- and helped champion him -- after suggesting Tea Partiers who support Newt Gingrich...

  6. Gutfeld: Media still cast Tea Party as villains, not victims

    Why are Tea Partiers hated?

  7. Former NAACP Chair: Tea Party is "Stalinist Religion"

    Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is on with Alan and calls the Tea Party a "Stalinist religion" and its members "Cafeteria Christians".

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