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The Problem With Rand Paul's Senate Tea Party Caucus Plan

(July 19) -- Kentucky GOP Senate candidate and tea party darling Rand Paul has said that he wants to form a tea party caucus of like-minded senators if he's elected in November. There's just one potential problem: Caucuses are administered under House of Representatives rules and must have a member of the House as an...

Reader Feedback: Patriotism, Church, College, Swine Flu and More

(April 22) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback we received to op-eds published on AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. A Modest Proposal for Anti-Government Crowd -- By Alan Colmes Alan seems to be under the false impression that tea party members in...

Opinion: A Modest Proposal for Anti-Government Crowd

(April 19) -- Anger with government is the theme on the right these days, with anguished cries by tea partiers, militia members and other government haters of "We're taking our country back." This is quite amusing, as it would be curious to find out: From whom do they think they are recapturing "their" country? And what...

'Contract From America' Unveiled at DC Tea Party

WASHINGTON (April 15) -- For the second year running, Tax Day brought a surge of grass-roots energy to the nation's capital, as thousands of tea party faithful descended on the city today for a day of protests, rallies and activism led by conservative and tea party notables. Addressing a raucous crowd in Freedom Plaza,...

Does Tea Party Obscure a New 'Silent Majority'?

WASHINGTON (March 31) -- Do Democrats need a new "silent majority" to speak up and save them from electoral ruin in November? Does such a group even exist? And, if it does, will the tea party movement prove to be the right-wing mirror of the leftist anti-war movement of the 1960s? These are not idle questions for...