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.

At CPAC, Reagan Might As Well Have Been in the Room

By Rob Garver

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), often a forum for some of the strongest Republican Party vitriol in recent years, was a distinctly upbeat place on Thursday, with opening...
Tea Party Texans’ Primary Results—a Mixed Bag

By Eric Pianin

The eyes of Texas were on the Tea Party on Tuesday and the impact it would have on the state’s primary elections in the wake of Sen. Ted Cruz’s catapult to national prominence and a possible...
McConnell Brushes Off Attacks from the Right

By Eric Pianin

The conservative furor over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s role in raising the debt ceiling last week has begun to recede, with indications McConnell’s decision to help break a filibuster...
Midterms 2014: 4 Key Insights into the Races Ahead

By Taegan Goddard, TheWeek.com

In a new episode of Political Wire 's podcast , we spoke with Celinda Lake, the Democratic pollster for the George Washington University Battleground Poll. Lake shared her insights with us on the...
Christie’s Crisis Paves the Way for Walker in 2016

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

As Chris Christie gets tangled in the cables over “Bridgegate,” another GOP governor’s star is rising. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has the pedigree of a fiscal conservative , someone capable of...

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