CNN teams up with Tea Party in debate

CNN teams up with Tea Party in debate
WASHINGTON--CNN plans to host a Republican presidential primary debate next year with Tea Party Express, a political action committee that featured Sarah Palin at its events and is now raising money for a new advertising campaign against President Obama. The Cable News network announced Friday that it has teamed up with the Sacramento-based organization to co-host a debate in Tampa, the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, during the first week of September. The event will focus on...

CNN's Tea Party Debate Fail
CNN today announced that it would team up with the Tea Party Express to host a GOP presidential debate over Labor Day next year in Tampa, the site of the Republican National Convention in 2012. Sam Feist, CNN's political director, says the arrangement was designed to give Undecided Voters a way to educate themselves about "diverse perspectives within the Republican Party, including those of the Tea Party." It's not the first time CNN has partnered with the group. Earlier this year, CNN...

CNN, Tea Party Express plan debate
CNN said Friday that it is joining forces with the Tea Party Express — a political action committee that played a key role in the 2010 Midterm Elections — to co-host a Republican presidential debate. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 The debate is scheduled for Labor Day week in Tampa, Fla., in September — five months before the 2012 presidential primaries begin. It’s CNN’s second entry i...

Major Announcement: Tea Party Presidential Debate Details Inside!
The Tea Party Express is pleased to announce that we have agreed to partner with CNN to host the first-ever Tea Party Presidential Debate for GOP Candidates for president....

CNN to Co-Host Debate With Tea Party Hucksters?
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Mark your calendars for Labor Day week 2011. That's when CNN and the Tea Party Express will co-host a primary debate among the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates in Tampa, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. According to a news release, the debate will focus on multiple topics, but the emphasis will be "the issues that matter most to Tea Party Express: The Economy and Government Spending." [...] “The Tea Part...

CNN and Tea Party Express to host first-of-its-kind Tea Party presidential primary debate
from CNN Washington (CNN) - CNN is teaming up with the Tea Party Express for a first-of-its-kind presidential primary debate, both organizations announced Friday. The Tea Party debate, featuring 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates, is scheduled for Labor Day week 2011. It will take place in Tampa, Florida - the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. Since the spring of 2009, the Tea Party movement has been increasingly vocal in advocating for less Government Spending, lower t...

CNN and Tea Party Express to host first-of-its-kind Tea Party presidential primary debate
Washington (CNN) - CNN is teaming up with the Tea Party Express for a first-of-its-kind presidential primary debate, both organizations announced Friday. The Tea Party debate, featuring 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates, is scheduled for Labor Day week 2011. It will take place in Tampa, Florida - the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. Since the spring of 2009, the Tea Party movement has been increasingly vocal in advocating for less Government Spending, lower taxe...

CNN to co-sponsor GOP debate in Tampa with Tea Party Express
Talk about strange bedfellows: CNN, which has clung to its “news” image even as it;’s been hammered in the Ratings by the opinionators at Fox and MSNBC, announced today it’s teaming with the Tea Party Express to co-host a primary debate among the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates during Labor Day week 2011. The chosen site: Tampa, Florida, the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. The Teas Party Express was a key factor behind some of the most-conservativ...

CNN and Tea Party to Sponsor Debate
Politico reports: CNN, which has heavily promoted its nonpartisan brand through the midterm season, is jumping into the 2012 GOP primary debate fray with a bold move: teaming up with the Tea Party Express. The debate will take place during Labor Day week next year in Tampa, the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, and will focus on The Economy and the signature tea party issue of Government Spending. Full memo after the jump. CNN and Tea Party Express Join Forces for Presidential P...

CNN, Tea Party Express to sponsor debate
CNN, which has heavily promoted its nonpartisan brand through the midterm season, is jumping into the 2012 GOP primary debate fray with a bold move: teaming up with the Tea Party Express. The debate will take place during Labor Day week next year in Tampa, the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, and will focus on The Economy and the signature tea party issue of Government Spending. Full memo after the jump. CNN and Tea Party Express Join Forces for Presidential Primary Debate 2012...

CNN and Tea Party Express team up for Tampa prez debate 2012
CNN and the Tea Party Express will co-host a debate among the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates during the Labor Day holiday in 2011. The Candidates will spar in Tampa, the site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. "The debate will focus on wide-ranging topics with a specific emphasis on the issues that matter most to Tea Party Express: The Economy and Government Spending," organizers say. ...

McConnell vows to grill vulnerable 2012 Dems on healthcare reform repeal
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said he will force Democrats to vote on a Repeal of the landmark Healthcare Reform law when Republicans control half of Congress next year. “I’m hoping we will receive from the House of Representatives a full Repeal of ObamaCare; it will be hard to get that through the Senate,” McConnell said on CNN's "State of the Union." McConnell said he hopes “that among those who had maybe second thoughts in the Senate, including the 23 Democrats

Today in blurred lines
The Iowa Republican Party Chairman, Matt Strawn, suggested in an item today that he and Fox may negotiate a deal that requires debate participants to also play in Straw Poll, a state GOP Fundraiser: It is not clear yet whether straw poll participation would be required to take part in the debate, set for C.Y. Stevens Auditorium at Iowa State. “Those decisions are going to be jointly mad...

CNN should probably pick better partners
CNN SHOULD PROBABLY PICK BETTER PARTNERS.... It makes perfect sense for CNN to host plenty of debates for the Republican Presidential Candidates running in 2012. It makes less sense to partner with sketchy organizations to co-host these debates. CNN said Friday that it is joining forces with the Tea Party Express -- a political action committee that played a key role in the 2010 Midterm Elections -- to co-host a Republican presidential debate. The debate is scheduled for Labor Day week in Tam...

Maria Cino Receives First Endorsements
Maria Cino, the CEO for the 2008 Republican National Convention, announced her first two public Endorsements on Saturday. Priscilla Rakestraw, the National Committeewoman from Delaware, and Evie Axdahl, the National Committeewoman from Minnesota, expressed their support for Cino in letters to the Republican National Committee. Rakestraw, who is the longing serving member of the 168 member body, told members that Cino should be the RNC’s choice in “challenging times”: “M...

Axdahl Endorses Cino
Evie Axdahl, the Republican national committeewoman from Minnesota, has endorsed Maria Cino for chair of the RNC. A founding member of the Republican National Conservative Caucus, Axdahl cites Cino’s Social Conservatism as a reason for her support. In a letter to the RNC, Axdahl writes: “Despite the very significant challenges the RNC faces at this time, we are fortunate as a party to have such a diverse range of Candidates to choose among to lead us through them and on to victory.&n...;

Maria Cino Receives First Endorsements
Maria Cino, the CEO for the 2008 Republican National Convention, announced her first two public Endorsements on Saturday. Priscilla Rakestraw, the National Committeewoman from Delaware, and Evie Axdahl, the National Committeewoman from Minnesota, expressed their support for Cino in letters to the Republican National Committee. Rakestraw, who is the longing serving member of the 168 member body, told members that Cino should be the RNC’s choice in “challenging times”: “M...

IS IT ETHICAL ERROR FOR JUSTICE SCALIA TO MEET THE TEA PARTY CAUCUS?
I recently read that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is coordinating a crash course on the Constitution for the new members that will be joining the House in January.  I was a little surprised that one of the guest speakers for that course will be Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  While it is not unusual for Supreme Court Justices to interact with members of Congress, it disturbs me that Justice Scalia will be meeting with the Tea Party Caucus behind closed doors.  These very...

Dannie's Insider Tea Party Has Arrived
Rep. Drew Darby is Standing Up for Us in Austin Social Cons vs Fiscal Cons - False Choice? He was late to the party, originally calling Tea Parties short lived groups led by small minds who should be part of the Republican Party. Then a girl from Wharton came along and he was sad because she had the Grassroots following that he dreamed of. But then he remembered that he is the master at jumping in the front car of a moving train and that made him happy. Besides, he's an insider now, he's...

Justice Scalia Plans to Deliver Speech Before Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus
Justice Antonin Scalia will speak to U.S. lawmakers at a seminar sponsored by the Tea Party Caucus, a group whose organizer, Representative Michele Bachmann , has urged the courts to strike down the new health-care law....

Talk About Sour Grapes
There are two things you can do after you lose an election.  Either you concede gracefully or you make a big stink.  Last cycle, we saw several Candidates fall into both camps.  Well, in Hotsprings, we’re seeing a candidate that didn’t even run do the later. Bill Wisely had explored the race for House District 24 but, after the Garland County Dems decided to Caucus, he backed out and threw his support behind Q Byrum Hurst.  Well, the committee ended up going with ...

NJ Tea Party activists not pleased with GOP tax-rate deal
New Jersey's Tea Party Activists do not believe that the Republicans acquitted themselves very well with the tax-rate extension Compromise that they passed on Thursday evening, and believe that they gave away the store. The Morristown Tea Party, in a Press Release issued last night, denounced the Compromise between President Obama and Republican leaders in the Senate. They pointedly recommended this petition by Tea Party Patriots, protesting the deal as violative of the Septembe 23 "Pledge to Am...

Obama postpones vacation for Hill business 'Dont ask' repeal nears passage CNN teams with Tea Party Express for GOP primary de
“REMEMBERING RICHARD”: Kati Marton, wife of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, held a private memorial service in their New York apartment last night. Reflecting his huge range of friends and their affection and respect for him, guests included President Clinton and Secretary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Huma Abedin and Rep. Anthony Weiner, Al Gore, Bill Keller, David Remnick, Diane Sawyer, Christiane Amanpour, Tom Brokaw, Barbara Walters, Judy Collins, John Guare, Gillian Sorensen, Jon Meac...

CNN will co-host presidential debate with PAC-affiliated "Tea Party" group
CNN will co-host a Republican presidential debate next year with the Tea Party Express, which is basically a PAC run by Republican political operatives. It is a slightly puzzling decision from a "basic standards of journalistic ethics" standpoint, although from a "desperation for attention and the participation of a bunch of Fox employees" standpoint it actually makes perfect sense. CNN Political Director Sam Feist is excited for this opportunity to attempt to justify having a Republican campaig...

Obama reaches out to black leaders, says tax-cut deal good for African Americans
As President Obama prepared to sign his $858 billion tax deal Friday, White House aides moved quickly to soothe the anger among liberal constituency groups that bitterly opposed the measure. This Story Obama reaches out to black leaders, says tax-cut deal good for African Americans House passes Tax Cut bill Document: Read the White House fact-sheet Liberals still seething over tax-cuts bill View All Items in This Story View Only Top Items in This Story An e-mail distributed to black leaders d...