'Coffee party' debuts in West Palm Beach as 'anti-tea party'

GRAND JUNCTION - The Tea Party Express, the Tea Party Patriots, the 9.12 Patriots and dozens of related groups first drew attention during their angry, sign-waving protests over taxes and health care reform a year ago. Since then, these conservative groups, or "pro-patriots" as they prefer to be called, have been busy in church halls and in coffee shops from Greeley to Bayfield. Their plan: Use ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Some day it might be remembered as the Tea Party primary.

The Tea Party Express, the Tea Party Patriots, the 9.12 Patriots and dozens of related groups first drew attention during their angry, sign-waving protests over taxes and health care reform a year ago.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism

Honesdale Borough Council approved a request from the CLEAR 4 TEA Party to hold a rally in Honesdale in April.

Minnesota "Tea Party Patriots" plan a rally Saturday outside the State Capitol, like the one seen here in St. Louis this week, to protest federal health care reform, and there's some debate on how the movement will influence Minnesota politics.

About two dozen members of the Southeast Texas Tea Party met this afternoon in a conference room at U.S. Rep. Ted Poe's conference room downtown.

They are occasioned by a recent commentary from Keith Olbermann, of MSNBC. The commentary — you can find it on YouTube — scored the tea party movement as the outcry of people who haven't yet made peace with the fact that their president is black.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

No tea party in Jupiter

Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern...

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism

Virginia's Fifth District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless conservative passion trumps political pragmatism

Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's presidency, says the "Tea Party" movement could have lasting influence in the nation's politics if it remains decentralized but could hurt Republicans if it backs third-party candidates who siphon votes from GOP candidates.

Karl Rove says Tea Party activists, who want to limit taxes and government's reach, could expand their clout if they emulate the 1960s civil rights movement, the gun rights movement and abortion opponents.

Rove, 59, calls President Obama "undisciplined, unengaged, aloof and focused on the wrong things" and suggests that if Obama's health care overhaul fails, he will revert to a more limited agenda.