She came closer than any other woman in American history to becoming a major party's presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Why did a Southern strategy in modern American political history re-invent the Republican Party?

为什么在美国政治历史上,南方人重新引入了共和党的概念呢

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Tea Party activists see themselves as modern-day versions of the anti-tax protesters from before the American Revolution.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

They called Cleveland a traitor to his party and to the American people.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The anti-tax,anti-big government Tea Party movement takes inspiration from the anti-tax protesters just before the American Revolution who threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

But she loves American standards, from show tunes and loves songs, as she told people at the release party for her new CD, called I'm Glad There is You.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The Tea Party movement takes its name and inspiration from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 when American colonists dumped tea into Boston harbor to protest taxes imposed by ruling Britain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Mr.Olmert's centrist Kadima party forced him to resign a year ago, after an American Jewish businessman testified that he gave him envelopes stuffed with cash to support a lavish lifestyle, including fancy hotels, expensive cigars and first-class travel.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Tea Party movement, which takes its name from a significant American Revolutionary War event, played a significant role in drumming up grassroots opposition to President Barack Obama's health care reform plan and in raising concerns about the country's growing budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"It is an age-old problem in politics, where in general in American politics, the candidate who appeals most to the most fervent members of the party wins the primary and then often has a very difficult time appealing to the broader electorate."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19