Presentation of the Tea Party

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Résumé du document

The Tea party draws its name from the Boston Tea Party, which was a pre-revolutionary war
protest against british taxation policies.

The party often invoke images of the American Revolution because some consider themselves
defenders of a republic they say is being undermined by the current government.
The Tea Partu can in fact not be considered as a party, but more as a grass root movement
made of a loose affiliation of smaller local groups. What is more, most of the tea partier run as
republicans, and 80% of their supporters feel like being republicans

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[...] Is it really a party? Most of the candidates are Republicans Main Tea Party Figures The Mama Grizzlies : an archetype of anti feminism Housewives Anti abortion Ultraconservative christians Good mother Embodied by Sarah Palin :ex governor of Alaska, vice-president candidate Rand Paul : Kentucky senator a "constitutional conservative and a libertarian » Education : returning control of education to local communities and parents Against abortion Scott Brown :Massachusetts senator, in the special election held after Ted Kennedy's death The Trigger - the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008) - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009) a series of healthcare reform bills = too many power = too many taxes = the state is not listening < number > 1. [...]

[...] The midterm elections for the year 2010 were held on November 2010: United States elections United States House of Representatives elections United States Senate elections United States gubernatorial elections The Republican's landslide victory -Republicans have won at least 60 seats in the house of the representatives and 6 seats in the Senate -It's the biggest swing for Republicans for 72 years. -The president will no longer be able to count on a Democratic majority in congress which would allow him to enact his agenda. -Republican's victories in the Senate are less important than what was expected. lot of new members of the democrats who beneficiate from swings against Republicans in 2006 and 2008 were not re elected. [...]

[...] -Less that of difference between the two candidates for the senate race in Washington -The victory of Lisa Murkowski a Republican is not confirmed for the moment. -But this does not affect the general tendency of these elections. The political consequences: -For Republican leaders (such as John Boehner) M. Obama has to listen to the voice of electorate and co operates with in the efforts to deflate the federal government. -The democrats still control the senate they cannot force him to do so. -This situation implies a change of strategy for Barack Obama and for the Republicans. [...]

[...] They are responsible as well for the economical situation of the country. Possibilities of strategies for Barack Obama: - To find compromises with Republican in the congress and lead a pragmatic centrist. This could a be a problem for democrat voters. he could reject all the republican initiatives. But it could be seen as a way to ignore people's votes. -Barack Obama seems to be closer to the first solution. Possibilities of strategies for Republicans: -If Republicans use their new power in order to block the president's policies, voters may not be on their side. [...]

[...] They imposed unappealing radical candidates to race to senate in states where Republican victory would have been insured (Colorado, Dalaware, Nevada). -They should not sabotage the health care reforms. -Republicans do not really have a plan to reduce the deficit. Conclusion: Some Journalist's ideas: Republicans and Democrats should co operate and work on helping small businesses, offering tax cuts to simplify commerce, extending Bush tax cuts and creating a short term stimulus, bringing down the deficit. The Tea Party, an Astroturf? [...]