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Article: Tea Party movement gaining a profile in W.Va.
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 10, 2009
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West Virginia's "Tea Party" movement has become a visible and
vocal critic of the Obama administration, holding a series of
protests around the state targeting the stimulus, pending federal
cap and trade legislation and proposed changes to the country's
health-care system.
That has gotten the attention of some Republican figures, who
have courted or at least appear receptive to these voters.
A group launched earlier this year by state Republican Party
activists, the West Virginia Conservative Foundation, has claimed
credit for funding and helping to stage Tea Party protests.
"Is this an anti-Obama movement? From my standpoint and my
organization's standpoint, it is not. This is an anti-big- ...