Lugar’s demise
To most Tea Party groups, compromise is synonymous with betrayal. The Indiana senator failed to counter that world view with a robust defence
The Tea Party movement
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The Tea Party movement, set on shifting the Republican party further to the right, has emerged as a political force on the back of conservative anger at Washington’s economic stimulus package, healthcare reform and climate change policies
Romney clinches presidential nomination
The conservative movement is aiming to stop David Dewhurst, lieutenant-governor, from winning a majority in the primary by forcing a run off
Tea Party channels energies to Texas
The Hoosiers for a Conservative Senate group is setting its sights on Texas to remove an establishment candidate from the running
Rancher’s victory gives Republicans advantage
Nebraska senate seat could swing majority
Tea Party activists warily back Romney
Reservations about prospective candidate’s conservative credentials mean grassroots Republicans are placing more emphasis on House and Senate races
Bastion of US bipartisanship ousted
Centrism in US politics was dealt another blow with the defeat of Dick Lugar, a six-term Republican senator from Indiana, in a brutal primary challenge
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Tea Party bides its time in Republican race
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The Tea Party tsunami and the welfare showdown
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Defining Romney
Mitt Romney’s flip-flopping has put even John Kerry, the chameleon-like 2004 Democratic nominee, into the shade
Tea Party wolf tries to blow the Fed down
Republicans plan a long march through institutions, remaking the economic safety net which has been built in the US since the 1930s
US economic policy is not yet triple A
Tea Party Republicans combine a zealous, uncompromising desire to roll back government with a blithe disregard for the consequences of default. The desire is legitimate, the recklessness unforgivable
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