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Coburn aide: Tea Party winning, even if "Tea Party candidates" aren't

John Hart, Sen. Tom Coburn's communications director, attempts to help the mainstream media understand what's happening with the Tea Party movement, and in the process encourages Tea Partiers to be of good cheer, notwithstanding the renomination of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: For those keeping score, it is now roughly...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 22, 2014 11:38 PM

Form-based codes, historic preservation design guidelines on TMAPC agenda

Today's (July 11, 2012) meeting of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (TMAPC) includes these two items near the very end of the agenda, under "Other Business": 21. Review and discuss the Tulsa Preservation Commission Design Guidelines Updates for Residential Structures and Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Structures within Historic Preservation Overlay...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 11, 2012 11:35 AM

Mitt Romney and the Republican predilection for executive deference

There's a theory being circulated among conservative bloggers and Tea Party activists that we shouldn't worry about the likelihood of bailout-backing, mandate-loving, flip-flopping Mitt Romney winning the nomination. Anyone can beat Obama, the theory goes -- even with Romney unable to run against Obama on Obamacare -- and if we...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 29, 2012 1:21 AM

Tea Party Debt Commission hearing today, 1 pm Central (UPDATE: Report released; hearing forced out of the Capitol!)

See the update below about what happened shortly before the hearing was to begin. As the 12-member congressional debt commission flounders in its task to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars, the Tea Party Debt Commission, a crowd-sourced, online initiative organized by FreedomWorks and Contract from America, has identified...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 17, 2011 9:59 AM

9/12 video: comedian Stephen Kruiser: Tea Party is Xanax to a corrupt and oppressive government

More video from the 9/12 March on Washington, this time from the rally point at the beginning of the march, northeast of the Washington Monument. Stand-up comic Stephen Kruiser is a blogger, has appeared on Fox News "Red Eye," has a show called "Kruiser Control" on PJTV.com, writes for Big...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 16, 2010 7:07 AM

9/12 video: Bob MacGuffie and grassroots progress in Connecticut

Thanks to FreedomWorks, I had a press pass to the 9/12 March on Washington and accordingly had access to the speakers' waiting area on the north side of the stage. I took the opportunity to talk to one of the people wearing a "Speaker" badge. His name is Bob MacGuffie,...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 15, 2010 2:15 PM

9/12 video: "Pull on your big girl panties" and deal with the debt

As quickly as I can, I'll be posting the video I took at Sunday's 9/12 March on Washington. Here's the first. I caught up with this lady, Gail Champion from Ohio, as we were about halfway along Pennsylvania Ave. What caught my attention in the first place -- and you...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 14, 2010 1:23 PM