The Tea Party

AND ELECTIONS The Soul of the Tea Party by Colin Woodard December 01, 2010 NEWSWEEK Now that the election is over, an uneasy libertarian–Christian conservative alliance shows its cracks. Earlier this month, a group of Tea Party activists put Congressional Republicans on notice with a terse letter reminding them not to take their eyes off the ball. The elected officials’ mission, the activists wrote, is to reduce spending, taxes, regulations, and the deficit, not to further the social-issues agenda

Anglais The Tea party movement began in United States after the economic crisis which struck the country in 2008. The four texts of the dossier “mad as hell”, published before the result of the Congress elections, deals with this current in public opinion, its characteristics and the reasons of its success. It shows that this party is more a rallying against the federal government than a really structured organization; indeed it is composed by various shades of political opinion, which are federated

The specificities of the tea party The tea party supporters are often skeptical about global warming, or at least the human involvement in it. They are pro-life and in favor of the death penalty. Those are classic republican positions but tea-baggers radicalize them. A recent poll showed that 54 percent of americans believe that the tea party is a positive thing for the american political system whereas only 22 percent see it negatively. Another study described the typical tea-bagger: a white

r Democrats, the growing debate over how to vanquish the Tea Party movement is analogous to a family fracas over how to best get rid of your sister’s latest crummy boyfriend. Do you repeatedly point out all the perceived flaws of the new suitor, hoping that they resonate? Or do you insist that the new guy is just like the ex, and suggest that repeating the pattern will only lead to misery? Democrats from the White House down to the party’s central committee office in Multnomah County, Ore.

Plan pour the presentation I.Introduction II.What is the Tea Party? 1.Who they are 1.Its origins 2.Its nature 2.What they stand for 1.The «contra-party» 2.No clear program that unite them III.The role of the Tea Party in US politics 1.How they could have influenced the midterms 1.Ressourceful for the GOP 2.Handicap to the GOP 2.Their future 1.Debate 1.Radicalization 2.Softening up 2.Questions for further concideration/discussion TEA PARTY. I. Introduction (Camille) The article

Yesterday, Mr. White, the famous senator, has been declared innocent by the federal court of Colombia. Known as a member of the tea party, he was accused to kill Mr. Booba, a black man. We are the 10th of March 2011, the Court is waiting Mr. White, one of the most famous senator in US known for his shocking declarations about black people. In the Court, we can see some important personalities like Tea Party members came to support the senator and national journalists came to cover the event. All of them

ways can the Caucus-Race be interpreted as satiric? This race, as Carroll portrays it, is intended to satirize politics. The course is circular so that the participants are actually running in circles, covering the same ground, and obviously, getting nowhere. In the end, everyone receives a prize. Carroll is making fun of political races, which the politicians congratulate each other and are rewarded for participating in what some may view as a pointless race. No one has actually won the race and

Since the Tea Party movement burst onto the national scene in 2009 in response to the passing of the economic stimulus package, it has evolved into a political force expected to play a major role in the 2010 mid-term elections. The Tea Party is a political movement in the United States that has sponsored locally- and nationally-coordinated protests since 2009.its platform is explicitly populist and is generally recognized as conservative and libertarian. It endorses reduced government spending

 Tea Party (mouvement politique) Le Tea Party est un mouvement politique hétéroclite aux États-Unis, contestataire, qui s'oppose à l'État fédéral et ses impôts. Le Tea Party émerge au début de la présidence Obama, dans le contexte de la crise économique de 2008-2010 elle-même liée à la crise financière. Le mouvement critique notamment les dépenses gouvernementales faites sous l'administration Obama, tant celles qui soutiennent le système financier et la relance économique que celles qui fondent

La Boston Tea Party SOMMAIRE Première Partie : L’évènement Deuxième Partie : Le recensement des sources 1) Sources manuscrites 2) Sources iconographiques 3) Sources matérielles 4) Sources orales Troisième Partie : Commentaire de deux sources Les lois de la Boston Tea Party : perçues différemment selon les camps Quatrième Partie : Nos sources 1) Sites internet 2) Livres 3) Journal 4) Lieux Première Partie : L’évènement