“Tea Party” on The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller’s Alex Pappas digs deep into the story on Nevada Senate candidate Scott Ashjian. Here’s a snippet of what we’ll be publishing later today: (more)

If Tea Partiers are more comfortable waving signs at a health-care protest, these activists seem much more at ease with a cup of java inside the calm confines of a coffee shop. (more)

The Republican National Committee is paying for signs and political buttons used by Tea Party groups — despite widespread disagreement among the conservative, grassroots activists on whether the movement should work to elect candidates within the Republican party or steer clear from it. (more)

Coffee may be their poison of choice, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get tea at their party too. (more)

People who support President Obama and the Democrats should demand they raise the taxes necessary to pay for all this government spending. They want more government: they should propose ways to pay for it. (more)

All politics may be local but in the past few election cycles Michigan’s seventh congressional district has been an excellent indicator of the nation’s political currents. With less than five months before the primary, former Congressman Tim Walberg and recent transplant Brian Rooney are vying for the Republican nomination and the right to take on incumbent Mark Schauer in a climate that looks highly favorable for conservatives. (more)

Last week I made a rare appearance on MSNBC (a network on which I have had numerous “YouTube moments” since the 2008 election, when they became the “Obama Network”) and shared some statements which apparently shocked some of my fellow conservatives. (more)

Mitt Romney has a message to Tea Party candidates nationwide: If you lose your Republican primary bids, stay on the sidelines. (more)

The Democrat’s Dilemma
by Cole Campbell (more)

Don’t expect the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) to rescind its endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist for Florida’s Senate seat. (more)

Former Republican House leader Tom DeLay said Sunday that he’s “rooting for the Tea Party activists,” warning Republicans that they “better welcome these people in” to win in 2010. (more)

Party-switcher Parker Griffith is raking in campaign cash thanks to Washington Republicans, but the congressman’s not exactly feeling the love in his northern Alabama district these days. (more)

Something’s different this week. Can you feel it? The sky is bluer, the air is warmer, the grass is greener, and there’s been a sudden drop in foaming-at-the-mouth incidents across this great land. That’s right: Keith Olbermann has been away all week! He skipped last Friday, showed up for a Special Comment on Monday, and then disappeared again on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. (more)

Democrats are racing the clock to pass health care reform ahead of a wave of Tea Party-driven town hall meetings planned for the spring recess — the kind of gatherings that nearly derailed the package last August. (more)

After repeatedly interrupting his guest as he attempted to answer charges of racism in the Tea Party, MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan cut the microphone on conservative radio host and commentator Mark Williams. He went on to imply that the Tea Party, by not rejecting Nazi and racist beliefs, endorsed those views, and concluded the segment by lamenting the lack of civilized discourse in the country (?). (more)

Democrat Jerry Brown – acknowledging he’s more pragmatic and centrist than when he was California governor three decades ago – said Wednesday that if elected again he will bring Republicans and Democrats together with “businesspeople, union people and Tea Party people” to produce an “honest” state budget. (more)

Although [Debra] Medina’s 18 percent of the Republican primary vote was much more than most observers expected her to get when the campaign season got under way, the champion of the Tea Party/libertarian insurgents failed to force a runoff. Medina also failed to buoy up other Tea Party candidates across the state. (more)

Two-term incumbent Rick Perry will get a shot at a third term as governor after prevailing in the Republican primary Tuesday. Perry crushed Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Tea Party favorite Debra Medina by garnering more than 52 percent of the vote with a third of the precincts reporting, allowing him to avoid an April run-off and focus on the general election. (more)

Update 10:40 pm: AP is reporting that Hutchison is conceding the race to Gov. Rick Perry. (more)

Editor’s Note: Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few days.  (more)