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September 23, 2011

Morgan Freeman: Tea Party is 'racist', out to get Obama

HUFFINGTON POST - Morgan Freeman laid down the chips on the Tea Party in a new interview with Piers Morgan…
September 22, 2011

Rep. Joe Walsh: Media 'protect' Obama because he's black

'This guy pushed every one of the media's buttons,' Walsh said. 'He was liberal, he was different, he was new,…
September 20, 2011

Joe Walsh among Congress's 'most corrupt' members

Huffington Post - The report says that the freshman Tea Party-affiliated Congressman's ethics issues "stem from his failure to pay…
September 15, 2011

Tea Party politics are easier to preach than practice

OPINION - The libertarian arguments are flawed on all sides: let sick people die, leave the elderly to their own…
September 12, 2011

How we can still change the math in Washington

OPINION - If we are honest with ourselves, really honest, then we will stop chucking blame over the White House…
September 2, 2011

GOP rep defends skipping Obama's jobs speech

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Rep. Joe Walsh said Saturday that Obama is abusing his power as president by calling a…
September 1, 2011

Ind. lawmaker's lynching reference riles Tea Party

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A black Indiana congressman used a lynching metaphor to describe tea party policies he says would turn…
September 1, 2011

How the CBC covers up failures with Tea Party attacks

OPINION - Rep. Andre Carson's blast constitutes one of the most egregious examples of race-baiting politics has seen in some…
August 31, 2011

Allen West considering leaving Black Caucus

Rep. Allen West (Fla.), the lone Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday morning that he is considering leaving…
August 31, 2011

Rep. Andre Carson: Tea Party wants blacks 'hanging on a tree'

POLITICO - Carson also said the Tea Party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to 'the effort that we're…
August 23, 2011

Tea Party responds to Maxine Waters 'Go to hell' comment

"We've had Democrats calling American citizens 'terrorists' and 'hostage takers,' and now an elected Democratic representative says that we can…
August 23, 2011

SC Tea Party chair jokes about killing Obamas

The Chair of the Sumter South Carolina Tea Party posted -- and then quickly pulled -- a post on her…
August 22, 2011

Allen West says he won't run for Senate

Speculation had been growing that West might join the Republican primary to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson. But the tea party…
August 21, 2011

Maxine Waters: Tea Party can go 'straight to hell'

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday...
August 19, 2011

Sheriff Joe is keeping the birther dream alive

On Wednesday night met with "more than 325 people" (!) who fear that Barack Obama will try to run on…
August 18, 2011

Why Tavis and Cornel won't stop Obama in 2012 (even if they try to)

Never mind the slings and arrows of Tea Partiers. The most politically problematic criticism of Obama these days is coming…
August 10, 2011

Will the Black Caucus put African-Americans back to work?

OPINION - The CBC is in the unique position to provide this kind of direction, and I believe they have…
August 9, 2011

Why Rick Perry is the second coming of George W. Bush

OPINION - If you didn't know any better, you might conclude that Rick Perry either is George W. Bush, or…
August 8, 2011

Cain takes beating from conservatives for apologizing to Muslims

Judging by attacks Tea Party favorite Herman Cain has suffered since reaching out to American Muslims, pretty darn important...
August 8, 2011

Obama, voters must act to counter the 'Tea Party downgrade'

OPINION - The Republicans in the House of Representatives, the Senate minority leadership and the now infamous Tea Party Caucus,…