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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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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 Republicans: Sloganeers to supremos

With moderates marginalised, the conservatives in control of the GOP are on a crusade to retake the White House and Senate. By Richard McGregor

Why the Tea Party is in the European mainstream

A GOP president would sign America up to much of Europe’s contractionary fiscal and monetary policy, writes Thomas Wright

Tea Party bides its time in Republican race

Rightwing movement has had little overt influence so far but is husbanding its strength for the fight against Obama

The Tea Party tsunami and the welfare showdown

The welfare state in the US has run up against a brick wall of economic reality and fiscal book-keeping, writes Alan Greenspan

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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Tea Party patriarch backs Romney

Stable local economy undermines Tea Party

Tea Party nomination dilemma as Iowa looms

Republican hopefuls agree to rein in Fed

Tea Party chief defends Perry’s record

Politicians fear voter backlash as anger flares over budget

Bachmann joins presidential race

GOP’s female firebrands jostle for position

Bachmann’s fiery rhetoric sets her apart

Tea Party group seeks to oust ‘crony’ Immelt

Attack prompts jolting retreat to civility

Republicans ready for battle on debt ceiling

Tea Party backs activists for RNC chair

Tea Party eccentrics limit shift in power

Tea Party grabs a seat at the Washington table

Cuomo beats Tea Party candidate in New York

Tea Party senator takes Florida

Intrigue surrounds Alaskan ‘write-in’ candidate

Mama grizzlies make grab for votes

Comedian’s political rally has serious undertones