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On Tuesday, during the normally boring rules-and-roll-call portion of the festivities, the Republican National Convention erupted in some contentious and confusing disputes between the GOP establishment and delegates associated with both Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and the Tea Party. Today I asked Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of the Tea Party-assisting political group FreedomWorks, to explain what it all meant. "I think the Republican establishment is struggling with how to manage this very decentralized world we live in, and you saw signs of their acknowledgement on the stage like last night," Kibbe said. "It wasn't remotely about Mitt Romney, it...

This group discussion should really have gone with the title: “Anybody BUT Mitt Romney”. Chris Mathews of MSNBC’s “Hardball” had a table discussion Monday, June 27, 2011 with both Freedom Works Action Matt Kibbe and the Tea Party Patriots Mark Meckler. To the credit of Mr. Mathews, he conducted a very in-depth table discussion with both Mr. Kibbe and Mr. Meckler in regards to the pulse of the tea party movement and how it could very well shape the course of the direction of deciding who will be the next GOP Presidential candidate for 2012. While the talk focus on...

President Obama is insisting on arcane procedural language tucked away in the budget resolution conference report that will dramatically expand the federal government's control over your personal health care decisions and our nation's health care system, all without a single hearing or a public debate. That's right, without debate. The White House hopes to include its proposed wholesale transformation of the nation's health care delivery system in the budget reconciliation process, enabling Democrats to enact a sweeping government takeover with just 51 Senate votes instead of the usual 60 votes required to authorize new programs.