Can TEA Party and Republicans Change Washington?
Can the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party and the Republicans Change Washington” will be the topic, and Mayor Anna Little the speaker, at the next meeting of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club being held on January 27th at 7:30pm at the East Brunswick Library, 1 Civic Center Drive, East Brunswick.

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Matthews tries to get a comment from Russo on “balloon head” Michele Bachmann’s lack of knowledge on American history and slavery.

FIRST TICKET: No filibuster reform; Senators skip tea party caucus (The Ticket)
Welcome to First Ticket, a morning snapshot of the day’s political news. • Obama goes back on defense over health care. ( Politico ) • Democratic hopes of reforming the filibuster fizzled last night. ( Los Angeles Times ) • Jim Talent announced he will not run for Missouri Senate. ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch ) • The president slipped up on a question about Iraq and Afghanistan during his YouTube …

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Tea partiers say defense in mix for budget cuts
WASHINGTON – Back home, tea partiers clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits. Tea party-backed lawmakers echo that argument, and they’re not exempti

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CNN Will Air Bachmann’s Response
Greg Sargent reports that CNN has called the Tea Party a “major force” in justifying the decision to air Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-MN) non-GOP-sanctioned response to the State of the Union address. Dave Weigel : “I’d just point out that the CNN has a longstanding romance with the Tea Party Express, the PAC that’s putting on the Bachmann speech. Later this year, the network and the PAC (and …

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I Know What the Next Bubble Could Look Like and the Tea Party Needs to Pay Attention
I have written articles about the efforts by Basel 3 to control Fannie and Freddie in an effort to force the government to guarantee all loans. It is a simple procedure, really. They just buy Fannie and Freddie bonds and make those bonds part of the Tier 2 capital structure.

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Houston Group Hosts First Black Tea Party But Gets Potpourri of Participants
A group of black entrepreneurs, elected officials and constituents has launched its own Tea Party in Houston, convening Tuesday for the Black Tea Party’s inaugural meeting while noting anyone is welcome to the group’s events. 

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To me, this poll’s big finding: We like to whine | Eric Black Ink
REUTERS/Tim Shaffer A Tea Party supporter at a 2010 Wilmington, Del., rally. Do you ever have the urge to grab the whole country by the shoulders, shake it (firmly but gently) and say something like: a) quit the whining; b) try to appreciate the freedom, prosperity and security that you have (which is a lot more than the whining tends to suggest); c) identify the most important things you would …

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CPPCC holds Spring Festival tea party
The National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) hosted a tea party in Beijing Monday for widows of deceased political advisors and other notable figures, ahead of Spring Festival.

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Obama’s Conundrum: Matching Job Creation and Spending Cuts
White House Focus is on Growing the Economy but Newly-Empowered Republicans Want Deep Cuts to Deal With Deficit

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