Tea Party Express

Sal Russo, the seasoned Republican consultant who founded the Tea Party Express PAC in March 2009, says there are “zero” big-government Republicans today. Veteran Tea Party activists from around the country, many of whom helped start the movement before Russo jumped on board, ridiculed his “zero big-government Republicans today” claim.

Sal Russo, the seasoned Republican consultant who founded the Tea Party Express PAC in March 2009, says there are “zero” big-government Republicans today. Veteran Tea Party activists from around the country, many of whom helped start the movement before Russo jumped on board, ridiculed his “zero big-government Republicans today” claim.

Sen. Pat Roberts has narrowed Greg Orman's lead in the Kansas Senate race according to a new Democratic poll (Public Policy Polling) that shows him consolidating the GOP base. It marks a substantial improvement for Roberts from the last PPP poll, conducted a month ago.

If Roberts wins, Wolf will get much of the credit and — more importantly — he will have done his country a signal service by helping to put honest men and women back in control of the Senate.

Sarah Palin, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul are all helping to generate conservative support for Sen. Pat Roberts’ re-election campaign and now a national Tea Party group is joining the effort.

The New Hampshire Tea Party Coalition says that “fake” national branches of the grassroots movement stay out of the U.S. Senate race in the Granite State.

“Mooney has proven his willingness to stand up to the establishment of both parties at the state level in order to fight for his constituents and conservative values. We believe he will do the same in D.C. working to stop the Obama-Pelosi big government agenda of tax increases, crippling regulations, and reckless spending.” 

Tea Party Express announced that it is endorsing physician Milton Wolf in his bid to unseat three-term U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in the state’s Republican primary.

"For the Tea Party movement, 2014 is not just about taking back the Senate, but it is also about putting forward conservative ideas that will allow for America to prosper," said Amy Kremer, chair of the Tea Party Express. "Sen. Mike Lee has been both a Tea Party hero, and a conservative leader."

CHQ Chairman Richard A. Viguerie has joined the Conservative Action Project's letter telling Republican leaders that Congress and the President have no excuse to violate their existing budget agreement. Conservatives cannot support any legislation that raises spending levels or increases revenue.

Why are Karl Rove and his establishment Republican patrons apparently faltering, while the allegedly unsophisticated amateurs of the Tea Party are building on their grassroots base to raise a national war chest?

Bill O'Reilly tried to condescend to Tea Party Express's Amy Kremer over her support for defunding Obamacare by bringing up the stale opinions of failed GOP consultants Karl Rove and Brad Blakeman.

Let’s hope these results indicate Rove’s “Svengali-like power” over donors was broken by his catastrophic failures in 2012, and that donors are now demanding to know what the candidates stand for before they contribute. Once Rove’s donors start doing that, we are confident they will invest in principled conservatives like Sam Brownback, Mike Pence, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, rather than the content-free vessels into which Rove pours “me-too” establishment Republicanism.