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GOP Members Of Congress To Join Bachmann's Event Today
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 30 days ago
GOP Members Of Congress To Join Bachmann's Event Today
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Politico snagged an email from the RNC last night revealing that the GOP caucus in Congress will be joining Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) Tea Party event on Capitol Hill today . RNC communications director Brendan Buck sent the email, which tells GOP congressional aides to expect ...
motherjones.com - 11/4/2009
Is The Tea Party Over?
— motherjones.com — The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday,... Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to join her last-ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The ... (more) Is The Tea Party Over?

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washingtonmonthly.com - 30 days ago
Note the date
— washingtonmonthly.com — NOTE THE DATE.... Today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) hopes to lead a small army of right-wing activists... around Capitol Hill, in the hopes of derailing health care reform. But let's not lose sight of the context here -- Bachmann has... (more) Note the date

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thenextright.com - 11/4/2009
What Did NY-23 Mean?
— thenextright.com — [ Disclosure: I worked with the Doug Hoffman campaign . However, the views here are my own.... I have not discussed this at all with the Hoffman campaign. ] The bottom line on NY-23 : Doug Hoffman just won the Republican Primary. The general ... (more) What Did NY-23 Mean?

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Talking Points Memo:  Message Conflict?

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Message Conflict?
Talking Points Memo — ... The RNC is encouraging members of Congress to show up at noon at the Capitol Hill Tea Party event. But they're at pains to tell members not to call it a "protest" or a "rally." It's a "press event" or "press conference." ...

The Tea Party Big Picture
Talking Points Memo — ... Early this morning The Politico got hold of a Republican Study Committee email asking staffers to send their members to the event but also to avoid words like "rally" and "protest" in favor of "press conference" or "press event". Clearly, there was an effort to sanitize the event and get away from Bachmann's high-strung rhetoric about a "last stand" against health care reform. So on the one hand the House Republicans wanted to take over the event. But they also felt the need to get out in front of it, to be in front of the crowd. It was a perfect, real-time ...

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Getting Whackier
talkingpointsmemo.com 30 days ago — Sigh, I knew this would get fun. As you know, Rep. Michele Bachmann is planning her mega-Capitol Hill Tea Party tomorrow followed by Bachmann leading Tea Partiers through the halls of Congress demanding Congress not take away their health care.  ...
House Calls, Theirs and Ours — MyDD
After being driven to "despair" at the prospects of Americans receiving healthcare, Representative Bachmann called on her Tea Party constituency to “scare” members of Congress into killing healthcare reform. “Republican organizers are planning for activists to go into the House office buildings ...
Nelson To Tea Partiers: Welcome To Nebraska-East! — TPM Election Central
There may be tea party protesters wandering the halls of Congress, and inundating members' office, by the thousands today--but some of the very people they hope to impact seem to be all but unaware of them. "Are they doing that?" asked Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), tongue planted firmly in cheek. ...
Joe Wilson A Hit At Capitol Hill Tea Party — TPM Election Central
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who famously yelled out "You lie!" during a speech to Congress by President Obama, just spoke to the Capitol Hill Tea Party, receiving massive applause immediately as he came to the podium. "Speaker Pelosi didn't mean for you to be here," said Wilson. "In fact, back ...
— Hullabaloo
A Penny For The Guy by digby The gasbags are all atwitter about Michelle Bachman's tea party protest in the congress today, clucking about the anger on the right and how they are emboldened. None of them, not the gasbags, the tea partiers or Michelle Bachman herself apparently have a clue ...
Tea Party activists swarm Capitol Hill -- can they kill healthcare bill? — Top of the Ticket
The Tea Party is coming to Washington today. Minnesota's firebrand Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann stoked the rebellion by organizing today's noontime rally against healthcare reform on the steps of the Capitol. Galvanizing the anger that erupted over the issue at last summer's ...
Is The Tea Party Over? — Mojo Feed | Mother Jones
The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to join her last-ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The fiery Minnesota Republican plans to hold a press ...
HOUSTON TEA PARTY RALLY draws more than 10,000. I heard Tim Cox, author of Get Out Of Our House! … — Instapundit
HOUSTON TEA PARTY RALLY draws more than 10,000. I heard Tim Cox, author of Get Out Of Our House! a book about a campaign for replacing the entire Congress, on local talk-radio today and there were a lot of enthusiastic calls. Everybody’s focusing on today’s special elections, ...