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• Romney's success challenging tea party's clout

  October 15, 2011 10:21 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's early success in the Republican presidential race is challenging the tea party's clout. Will it continue to pull the GOP sharply right? Or will it merge with mainstream Republican elements in a nod to pragmatism? Romney's strength seems at odds with the tea party's... more »

• Fox analysts says remarks about Palin a joke

  August 4, 2011 3:59 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Two Fox News analysts say that their comments about going easy on fellow Fox employee Sarah Palin were a joke. Fox's Greg Gutfeld and Bob Beckel both say they weren't serious when discussing Palin on Wednesday's edition of "The Talk," the network's summer replacement for... more »

• In debt drama, voters play key, if overlooked role

  July 31, 2011 4:10 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dear voter: Want to know why Democrats and Republicans in Congress find it so hard to work together to solve tough problems like the debt ceiling, health care and Social Security? Look in the mirror. Americans gripe about cowardly, self-serving politicians, and Congress doubtlessly has... more »

• Tea party debt plan takes center stage

  July 18, 2011 12:13 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The next step in the wrangling over how to increase the government borrowing authority is to let the tea party forces in the House try it their way. A Republican plan known as "cut, cap and balance" is set for a House vote on Tuesday. It... more »

• NY tea party candidate scuffles with cameraman

  May 12, 2011 10:02 PM

  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 15-second video shows a tea party congressional candidate in New York scuffling with a Republican Party volunteer who questioned his absence from a debate. The video posted on YouTube shows candidate Jack Davis asking the volunteer Wednesday whether he wants to "punch it out" after... more »

• Conservative festival planned May 7

  April 26, 2011 7:10 PM

  A conservative festival will be held in Colorado Springs next month featuring Steve Moore of the Wall St. Journal. It's the 2011 Peak Freedom Festival to be held on May 7 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Independence Institute president, radio talk show host and conservative Jon Caldara will... more »

• Tea party rally draws 200 to Loveland

  April 17, 2011 3:06 PM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - A rally billed as the Tax Day Tea Party in Loveland attracted about 200 people to to call for reductions in taxes and government spending. Among the speakers gathered at the event at Lake Loveland Saturday were former Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and state... more »

• Tea Party rallies show thinning turnouts

  April 16, 2011 2:35 PM

  DENVER (AP) - This year's tax day tea party rally outside the Colorado Capitol attracted far fewer people than past years. But the conservative activists say the movement is still going strong. About 200 people attended yesterday's rally, far below the thousands who mobbed the lawn at the height... more »

• GOP fears losing majority party status in Colorado

  October 19, 2010 9:03 AM

  Colorado's Republican Party could become a minor party and lose traditional fundraising opportunities in the 2012 presidential election if its candidate for governor, tea party favorite Dan Maes, gets less than 10 percent of the vote on Nov. 2. It's a stunning prospect for a party that has the... more »

• Anti-incumbent fervor stops in El Paso County

  September 20, 2010 8:40 PM

  The strong anti-incumbent sentiment that has swept through many national political races seems to stop at El Paso County where several familiar faces are back on the ballot, although many of the candidates are running different offices. Clerk and Record Bob Balink is term limited and running unopposed to... more »

• Tea party favorite O'Donnell wins in Delaware

  September 15, 2010 8:16 AM

  The candidate backed by establishment Republicans as well as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the lead over a tea-party favorite in New Hampshire's Republican Senate primary. Former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte edged ahead of Ovide Lamontagne as returns piled up after midnight. Her lead was roughly 1,000... more »

• Local group protests Palin, Beck rally in D.C.

  August 28, 2010 11:29 PM

  On the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, hundreds of thousands showed up at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally hosted by conservatives Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. "We must restore America and restore her honor!" exclaimed Palin to the cheering crowd. Beck... more »

• Andrew Romanoff surges in Colorado Senate poll

  August 2, 2010 8:46 AM

  Democrat Andrew Romanoff has surged in his primary challenge against Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, according to a Denver Post poll. The newspaper and KUSA-TV reported Sunday that Romanoff has closed a double-digit deficit to Bennet and now holds a narrow lead of 48 percent to 45 percent, with the... more »

• Tom Wiens drops out of Colorado Senate race

  May 25, 2010 8:40 AM

  Republican Tom Wiens is dropping out of Colorado's primary Senate contest. The former state senator is backing Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck over former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton. Wiens was a self-funded Senate candidate who planned to petition onto primary ballots. But on Monday, Wiens dropped out before... more »

• Voters send message to incumbents

  May 19, 2010 11:02 AM

  Yesterday's primary elections have reaffirmed the danger faced this year by congressional incumbents and candidates who were hand-picked by national party leaders. Democratic voters in Pennsylvania rejected Sen. Arlen Specter, while Arkansas Democrats forced Sen. Blanche Lincoln into a run-off. And in Kentucky, Rand Paul -- with the backing... more »

• Primary election day in several states

  May 18, 2010 8:16 AM

  It's primary day around the nation. President Barack Obama is not on the ballot, nor is the Republican Senate leader, Kentucky's Mitch McConnell. But both have a stake in contests testing the tea party among Kentucky Republicans and the durability of Democratic incumbents in Arkansas and Pennsylvania. Five-term... more »

• Tea Party group to offer refunds

  April 16, 2010 11:50 AM

  An Ohio tea party group says it will offer refunds after Fox News host Sean Hannity canceled an appearance at its Tax Day rally. The Cincinnati Tea Party said in a statement Friday that it will set up a special e-mail address to handle refund requests. The group says... more »

• TEA party scheduled in Teller County

  February 3, 2010 2:48 PM

  The TEA Party plans a candidate forum for potential U.S. Senators on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park. A news release announcing the event describes the TEA Party as a group of "American patriots, unaffiliated with any political party, who uphold and defend... more »

• Citizens gather against health care bill

  December 15, 2009 9:51 AM

  Local residents held rallies Tuesday to protest President Barack Obama's Health Care bill, already passed by the House and currently being debated in the Senate. Most of the protestors opposed the bill, but supporters also turned out to voice their approval. In Colorado Springs, the rally was in front... more »

• Constitution Day rally reminds of right to dissent

  September 17, 2009 11:52 AM

  200 to 300 people gathered in downtown Colorado Springs for an anti-tax group's rally It's the third similar rally organized this year by the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party. They used Constitution Day as the platform for the latest event. On this day in 1787 delegates to the... more »