“Tea Party Convention” on The Daily Caller

Here’s another option now that the kids are out of school: a weeklong seminar about our nation’s founding principles, courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project. (more)

Mark Skoda says the first Tea Party convention he was involved in was “too country club,” so he’s breaking away and helping to organize a separate convention this spring. (more)

A national Tea Party convention slated for next month in Las Vegas has been cancelled, organizer Judson Phillips told The Daily Caller. (more)

Jeffrey McQueen lost his auto industry job in Detroit a year ago, but now he’s making a few bucks off of Tea Party activists — income he said comes from real anger. (more)

The first-ever Tea Party convention kicks off today at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, and, when it closes with a banquet on Saturday night, Sarah Palin will take the stage as the event’s only marquee speaker–and opinions vary on whether it’s a good or bad move, politically, for her to be there. (more)

The Tea Party convention kicked off last night with an explosive speech from former Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, who lambasted “the cult of multiculturalism” in the U.S. (more)

At Nashville’s Gaylord Hotel, where grassroots activists paid more than $500 each to attend the first National Tea Party Convention, the national press has descended. This is despite initial reports that most media outlets would be barred from the Tennessee Ballroom. (more)

This weekend’s Tea Party Convention in Nashville, under criticism that high ticket prices are preventing true grassroots activists from attending, made a surprise announcement late Sunday night that the convention will be televised. (more)

For a while, I’ve been calling and emailing the organizers of the National Tea Party Convention with some basic logistical questions, to no avail. Kevin Diaz explains why: the convention, held in Nashville next month, will be closed to all but “selected” members of the press. (more)