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Joe Miller Files for Injunction to Keep Fat Lady From Singing

(Nov. 18) -- The Alaska Senate race is heading back to court. An attorney for tea party candidate Joe Miller asked a federal judge today to halt the certification of Lisa Murkowski as the victor. Miller's challenge will once again focus on state rules over how a write-in candidate's name can appear on a ballot. If past...

Lisa Murkowski Leading Joe Miller by Nearly 2,000 Votes (and Counting)

(Nov. 16) -- Is the handwriting on the wall? Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears poised to become only the second Senate candidate in U.S. history to mount a successful write-in campaign. At last check, Murkowski now leads tea party rival Joe Miller by more than 1,700 votes with approximately 8,000 write-in ballots left to count,...

Opinion: 3 Reasons the GOP Shouldn't Drop Social Issues

(Nov. 16) -- Have indignant tea party activists gone to battle with the newly empowered GOP leaders in Congress over Republican refusal to drop divisive social issues from the conservative agenda? Will the powerful coalition that swept to victory lose its fierce focus on stopping deficit spending and the relentless growth...

Tea Party Group Releases Lawmakers' Cell Numbers

Some newly elected Republicans may have overflowing in-boxes and many voice mails this week, after a tea party group released the personal e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers of freshman members of Congress.

The Republicans Win, but Do They Have a Mandate?

(Nov. 3) -- The GOP won big on Tuesday, but do they arrive in the new Congress -- now controlling the House and picking up a few more votes in the Senate -- with a mandate? It wouldn't appear so, writes Slate's John Dickerson. "In exit polls, 37 percent [of voters] said the highest priority of Congress should be...