By Robert Romano – It was a telling moment in America’s political discourse. It hinted at how Republicans might govern should they reclaim a majority in one or both houses of Congress in 2010. “We need to capture this lightning in a bottle,” former Virginia Republican Congressman Tom Davis said of the tea party movement in 2009. Tellingly, he added, [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Thanks to the ingenuity and vision of key activists who are going local rather than fixating on Washington, D.C., the Tea Party is in position to challenge the power and influence of state level green groups. For decades, well-funded environmental activists have operated at expense of industrial development and private landowners without any meaningful response. But [...]

Americans for Limited Government today commemorated the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Mt. Vernon Statement.  Last year, ALG President Bill Wilson was among the original free market and limited government leaders that signed it. Wilson said the statement “reaffirms that constitutional, limited government is the best means of preserving liberty, promoting prosperity, and opposing tyranny in America, and [...]

By Adam Bitely – The Tea Party is the “Person of the Year for 2010” and it isn’t even close. No single grassroots movement in modern politics has so rapidly developed while simultaneously influencing the U.S. political system as widely and deeply as the Tea Party Movement. The beginning of this movement can be traced back to late 2008 and [...]

Yesterday, in a bold move that directly addresses the need for unity and a true bottom up leadership approach to the problems facing America, American Majority and American Majority Action unveiled  an ambitious plan to take back America. “On the heels of an historic mid-term election, and amid speculation about the future of the Tea Party movement, American Majority along with [...]

By David Bozeman – Whenever the dominant political culture starts calling for moderation and a return to civility, it usually means that conservatives are exercising their Constitutional rights again. The recent Rally for Sanity on the national mall was reportedly tongue-in-cheek, but it underscored a mindset that regularly reminded us throughout the Bush years that dissent was not only proper, [...]

In Virginia, Delegate John O’Bannon is sponsoring legislation that could bring a “Don’t Tread On Me” license plate to the roads in the Old Dominion. This seems like a pretty cool idea. There is some irony in the license plate though. As Bearing Drift’s Brian Kirwin noted, “I don’t mind if the Tea Party gets their own license plates. I [...]

There is no question that the tea party movement has dramatically contributed to the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives and narrowing the margin in the Senate. In addition to providing boosted turnout — it helped raise turnout to an estimated 41.5 percent (some 90 million) — since early 2009, the tea parties and other citizen activists have helped [...]

By Frank McCaffrey – Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted a rally claiming to restore sanity, but it appears many of its attendees don’t really know why they were there. It may have had some funny moments for some, but in general it was just ridiculing conservatives in America. Reporter Frank McCaffrey spoke with some of the audience to [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Various free market organizations have expressed concern over the very real possibility that Democrats could force through damaging legislation during the “lame-duck” session after the election. However, Seton Motley, editor-in-chief, of StopNetRegulation.org, has offered up a compelling proposal that Tea Party activists and average Americans should carefully consider. In a recent column, Motley called for bi-partisan [...]