Kate Zernike's Blog, page 28

That Monolithic Tea Party Just Wasn't There

Many people who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters said the debt crisis was not their first concern.

United in Campaigning, Tea Party Divides Over Governing

Brought together primarily by what they oppose, Tea Party groups have had difficulty agreeing on what they stand for.

Tea Party to Come Up With Debt-Cutting Proposals

While the Tea Party movement has led the charge for cutting the national debt, its supporters have often struggled to explain how, exactly, they would do so. Now some are out to change that, joining a Tea Party debt commission that plans to hold hearings over the summer, in the hopes of delivering recommendations to lawmakers by January.

Tea Party Wants Pledge From Republican Senate Committee

Demonstrators demand that the National Republican Senatorial Committee refrain from supporting incumbents who face primary challenges.

Tea Party Leaders Look to Bachmann, Paul and Perry

An informal straw poll of attendees at a FreedomWorks training session showed little enthusiasm for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney.

Tea Party Plans Its Own Debt Panel

A Tea Party debt commission plans to hold hearings over the summer, in the hopes of delivering recommendations to lawmakers by January.

NAKED HUBRIS; Naked Hubris: While Digital Flux Makes it Easier For Politicians to Stray

In 1791, while serving as secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton began an affair with Maria Reynolds, being blackmailed by her husband for several years to allow it to continue. When a muckraker exposed the affair and the cover-up, Hamilton turned to the communications technology of the day to defend himself, publishing a pamphlet in which he argued that he had never abused any public resources. More than two centuries and many scandals later, Twitter has replaced pamphlets as the medium...

Technology and the Political Sex Scandal

Technological temptations flood in, at a time when a prying press helps make Washington more puritanical.

Signs of Rising Momentum for Herman Cain

If few people think Herman Cain can win the nomination, he is satisfying voters' desire to fall in love with a candidate.

Sings of Rising Momentum for Herman Cain

If few people think Herman Cain can win the nomination, he is satisfying voters' desire to fall in love with a candidate.