The Tea Party

Seven Tests That Can Keep Republicans from Screwing Up

By Edward Morrissey

It didn’t take long for Republicans to make their first tin-eared mistake after winning a broad victory in November. In fact, they had barely opened the new session of Congress before performing a...
One Place the Trump Train Isn’t Stopping: Paul Ryan’s Backyard

By Martin Matishak

In a year in which an outsider candidate seized the reins of one of the country’s two major political parties, there’s one place where folks haven’t gotten the anti-establishment message: House...
Two-Thirds of the US Government Basically Won’t Work for the Next Year

By Rob Garver

With a deadlocked Supreme Court and a compromise-averse Congress, 2016 promises to be a year in which simply keeping the lights on will be a major accomplishment.
House Freedom Caucus Prepares to Challenge Ryan on 2016 Agenda

By Eric Pianin

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has gotten off to a strong start with the far-right conservatives in his conference who drove former Speaker John Boehner from office and blocked Boehner’s heir...
Ted Cruz Gets a Boost from Powerful Conservative Insiders

By Rob Garver

An influential political action group in Washington, Heritage Action for America, all but endorsed the presidential candidacy of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday, with the release of an analysis of the...

Boehner Ready to Exit a Historically Feeble Congress

By Rob Garver

As he heads into what appears to be the final week his leadership of the House of Representatives, House Speaker John Boehner will be the subject of no end of retrospective profiles of his career...
Did Paul Ryan Outsmart the Freedom Caucus?

By Rob Garver

The news that Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan had persuaded a large majority of the House of Representatives’ most conservative element to support his bid for Speaker of the House left the...
Paul Ryan Has Probably Already Lost His Shot at the Presidency

By Rob Garver

Regardless of whether Rep. Paul Ryan decides to declare himself a candidate for Speaker of the House sometime this week, his political future will likely sustain some real damage – and there is...
Meet the Freedom Caucus, the Group Inflaming Washington

By Martin Matishak

If you don’t know much about a group of congressional lawmakers called the House Freedom Caucus, don’t worry; you’ll hear about them plenty in the weeks and month ahead.
Why You – Yes, You – Could Be the Next Speaker of the House

By Martin Matishak

Spoiler alert: The race to be the next Speaker of the House is pretty much over.

5 Urgent Questions Following Cantor’s Loss

By Reilly Dowd, The Fiscal Times

Political Washington is abuzz — and in shock — because last night’s Virginia primary produced one of the most stunning election upsets in congressional history. Tea Party candidate Dave Brat won 55.5...
GOP Primary: Despite Mississippi Mudslinging, Tea Party Has a Good Shot

By Eric Pianin

The three-car pileup in Mississippi Tuesday night may be as good as it gets for the Tea Party this year. After weeks of ugly primary campaigning and unprecedented spending by both sides, veteran GOP...
Ted Cruz: Bergdahl Should Feel Guilty for Deal

By Rob Garver

With both the White House and its Republican critics dancing on a fine line over the controversial release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl after nearly five years in the hands of the Taliban, the...
Voters Want the GOP to Move On from Obamacare

By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

If attacking Obamacare is its number one campaign strategy, the GOP might want to regroup before November. After enduring four years of intense political warfare over the president’s health care law...
Scandal Surrounds Hard-Fought GOP Primary in MS

By Eric Pianin

It began as a bruising battle between a veteran GOP senator with a long record of delivering pork to his state and a Tea Party challenger insisting on conservative ideological purity. But Tuesday’s...

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