Bloomberg: Tea Party is a ‘boomlet’  —  In a wide-ranging interview published Saturday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg characterized the recent increase in Tea-Party rancor as a temporary development in American politics.  —  “I think there boomlets come along when the public is dissatisfied,” he told the New York Times.

Murkowski: I was victim of ‘smear’ campaign  —  (CNN) - Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is defending her choice to mount a write-in campaign in the wake of her defeat to a Tea Party-backed candidate, telling CNN's Candy Crowley she was the victim of a “smear” campaign.

DeMint rips Murkowski as ‘big-tent hypocrite’  —  Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) ripped into Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) as a “big-tent hypocrite” in a fundraising e-mail for Tea Party favorite and GOP nominee Joe Miller on Saturday.  —  Murkowski announced Friday that, after the primary defeat …

O'Donnell On ‘Witchcraft’ Comment: 'How Many Of You Didn't Hang Out With Questionable Folks?'  —  Anti-masturbation activist, witchcraft-dabbler, and GOP senate candidate Christine O'Donnell dodged her Sunday show appearances in order to attend a partisan fundraising picnic in Delaware today.

Bill Clinton: Tea Party is ‘general revolt against bigness’  —  Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the Tea Party movement “reflects the feeling of a lot of Americans that they're getting the shaft,” but isn't clear what it stands for.  —  On CBS' “Face the Nation,” …