FreedomWorks in the News

Tea Party Activists Craft 'Contract from America'

Democrats Say Document Will Expose Tensions with Establishment Republicans

Feb 13, 2010

Republicans on Capitol Hill are developing an election-year alternative to the Obama administration's agenda. But a Tea Party activist in Texas says the politicians in Washington - including the out-of-power Republicans - don't have the "credibility" to offer a contract.

Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida

Feb 11, 2010

 

Florida politics haven't been the same since a fleeting bipartisan semi-hug between President Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist at a stimulus rally in Fort Myers one year ago today.

National politics have changed as well — and the same Fort Myers event provided a little-noticed sneak preview of the tea party protests that have since altered that landscape.

Wedge issues threaten Tea Party unity

Feb 13, 2010

Opposing view: 'Take America back'

Tea Party activists seek lower taxes, less government, more freedom.

Feb 13, 2010

The Center of American Politics

Feb 13, 2010

 

Despite what Congress and the current administration would have the people believe, the inconvenient truth is that fiscal conservatives are the dead center of American politics. Amidst accusations of extremism, Americans are responding to a message of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and less taxation. In a recent interview, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey said this:

Will the real Tea Party please stand up?

Feb 11, 2010

Most political conventions are designed to showcase party unity, but the National Tea Party convention where Sarah Palin is to speak Saturday is sending a very different message.

 

Dick Armey: GOP must court grass roots

Feb 13, 2010

BALTIMORE — And on the final day, they heard from the tea party.

 

House Republicans spent the last three days at their annual issues conference here pleased with their very public tit-for-tat with President Barack Obama and expressing confidence in their political position.

 

Republicans woo 'tea party' members, but face activists' distrust of GOP

Feb 13, 2010

HONOLULU -- The Republican Party's flirtation this week with a proposal to punish GOP candidates who do not commit to a list of conservative principleswas about more than just purity. It was about winning over angry activists.

Armey tells House GOP: Win back the tea-partiers to win

Feb 13, 2010

Dick Armey left his former House GOP colleagues on Saturday with a sobering thought: They lost the tea-party activists in 2006, now go win 'em back.

The former House GOP leader told the lawmakers gathered on the third day of the issues retreat that if they worked hard, it would be possible to win back the “small-government, grass-roots conservatives.”

Dick Armey in Hawaii: Unplugged on The Brody File

Feb 13, 2010

In a wide- ranging one on one interview with The Brody File in Hawaii, Former GOP House Majority Leader Dick Armey signaled his support for embattled RNC Chairman Michael Steele but warned that Tea Party patriots view the Republican Party as on “probation” and will march alone if the GOP continues to make “insincere promises”. However, Armey says creating a third political party is not a good idea. Armey also thinks Republicans can win back the House in 2010 if they play their cards right.