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Should Sarah Palin Lead the Tea Party?

(Feb. 8) -- Whether Sarah Palin -- or anyone else, for that matter -- becomes the de facto leader of the Tea Party remains to be seen. But there's no doubt that she was the face of the movement this past weekend. Palin was the star attraction at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Her portrait was on the...

Palin Serves Up Red Meat at Tea Party Convention

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – She had them even before she said hello. And she had them before she prefaced her much-awaited speech by paying homage to conservative hero Ronald Reagan on what would have been his 99th birthday. By the time Sarah Palin took the stage on Saturday, the last night of the first National Tea Party...

Scenes from the Tea Party: A Reporter's Notebook

(Feb. 6) -- Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, opened his speech at the Tea Party convention in Nashville with jokes and questions about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. To loud approval from the crowd, Farah said his dream is that if Obama seeks re-election in 2012, he won't be able...

Most Americans See Tea Party as Serious Group

(Feb. 5) -- The Tea Party movement, which right now is holding its first national convention in Nashville, is regarded as a serious and not a fringe group by a majority of Americans, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted Feb. 2-3. It is seen favorably by 35 percent of voters and unfavorably by 22 percent,...

Controversy Brews Ahead of Tea Party Convention

(Feb. 1) -- One of the organizers of the first National Tea Party Convention is steamed about criticism of this week's event. Judson and Sherry Phillips, creators of Tea Party Nation, have been under fire for weeks over their convention, which opens Thursday at the Opryland hotel and features Sarah Palin as the keynote...