Sarah Palin invokes him. Mitt Romney glorifies him. The "tea party" movement hopes to recapture him. And the Republican Party still can't get over him. ...more

March 14, 2010

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, a hard-line conservative who's challenging the national Republican Party leadership, came to Tampa on Saturday backing conservative U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio. ...more

March 7, 2010

Following the Obama-Democratic win, the Republican Party decided that the party must shift to a liberal agenda if it wants to win anything in the upcoming elections. This is turning out to be a huge mistake in the wake of Obama's failed political actions. ...more

February 28, 2010

February is noted for the birthdays of America's two most famous presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But another birthday is being marked this month that might well become almost as significant. ...more

February 28, 2010

State Sen. Paula Dockery, insurgent Republican candidate for governor, is being dragged into a fracas over the Florida Tea Party that illustrates the national questions about what the movement is and its sometimes tense relations with the Republican Party. ...more

February 28, 2010

Nielsen this week surveyed more than 13,000 Olympic viewers and found huge success among ads that directly tie brands like VISA or Procter & Gamble to the tragedies and triumphs of Olympic athletes and families. ...more

February 26, 2010

The RINO hunt is back on, and the coveted trophy is Scott Brown. Inevitably and predictably, the new senator from Massachusetts - Mr. 41, Mr. I-Drive-A-Truck, tea party poster dude - has disappointed his base by, alas, representing his constituents. ...more

February 26, 2010

Is it just me or does anybody else find it interesting that the Palin bashers always seem to resort to cheap, personal attacks on her rather than dealing with issues of substance and relevance? Even columnist Leonard Pitts, racist political extremist that he is, jumped on the bandwagon today by unleashing the most inane and idiotic spew of vituperation I've ever seen in print. Perhaps that's because they can't criticize her record of effective government service at both the state and local level. ...more

February 24, 2010

Color blind Editor: As a proud supporter of the Tea Party movement, I take exception to the comments about the intelligence level of members in Marty Moore's op-ed page column. ...more

February 24, 2010

The Monday Feb. 15 column by Steve Chapman showed liberalism's true colors. They want to destroy the credibility of a conservative politician and also, more urgently for the liberal agenda, the growth of the Tea Party movement. Chapman takes the general statement of Gov. Palin: "To win that war we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law" and then tries to say that this proves Palin and the Tea Party hate the Constitution, huh? ...more

February 21, 2010