Tea party activists banking on phone calls to turn out voters
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 21st, 2010 4:36 am by HL
Tea party activists banking on phone calls to turn out voters
Encouraged by national tea party groups, activists are dialing long distance to try to influence the nation’s most competitive congressional contests.
The Fix: Senate Republicans walk a fine line in Alaska
The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched its first ad of the Alaska Senate race today and, in so doing, revealed the fine line they are trying to walk in this chaotic three-way contest.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party
A new report backed by the NAACP has found what it says are efforts by white nationalist groups and militias to glom on to the tea party movement, even as some tea party leaders have expelled members who have expressed racist sentiment. The report, called Tea Party Nationalism, uses news articles, v
Potential talks between Afghan government, Taliban in push for peace
Senior administration officials briefed President Obama on Wednesday about the Afghan government’s accelerating push for peace with the Taliban, as several streams of potential negotiations emerged.
The Fix: 2010 will be a ‘tough’ election, Axelrod says
1. White House senior adviser David Axelrod repeatedly described the coming midterm election as “tough” but insisted that it would be a choice between the two parties rather than a referendum on President Obama.