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Post by dgriffin on Dec 15, 2009 17:10:15 GMT -5
 Tea Party Movement Evolves Into Political Force With Eye Toward 2010 The "tea party" movement that gained steam shortly after President Obama took office is seeing a surge in popularity, with a string of candidates and officials willing to take up its cause and a political infrastructure that's starting to mirror that of an actual political party. What started as a conservative protest klatch has evolved into a political force with enough muscle to potentially alter the course of the 2010 mid-term elections. The "tea party" movement that gained steam shortly after President Obama took office is seeing a surge in popularity, with a string of candidates and officials willing to take up its cause and a political infrastructure that's starting to mirror that of an actual political party. The tea party activists rallied for smaller government and lower taxes again on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon. That's just the latest affirmation of tea party momentum: -- Various tea party groups and supporters, including FreedomWorks, are launching political action committees to back candidates financially in the 2010 elections. -- A Rasmussen poll last week showed that more voters would rather elect a "Tea Party" congressional candidate than a Republican one. -- A documentary film was recently released tracking the evolution of the movement. -- And several groups are pulling together the National Tea Party Convention in early February in Nashville, where former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to headline. Sherry Phillips, vice president of convention organizer Tea Party Nation, said the event will be a chance for hundreds of delegates to figure out the future of the movement.
"It needs to move past just the rallies," Phillips told FoxNews.com. "We can't just stand around holding signs." Tea Party Nation opposes the creation of a new third party. And FreedomWorks' Matt Kibbe said the special election in upstate New York last month -- in which Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman drove the Republican candidate out of the race with the help of tea party activists -- can be considered an "anomaly." (Hoffman ended up losing narrowly to Democrat Bill Owens.) "I think a more practical solution is to take over the GOP," Kibbe said, explaining that the tea party movement can have the most impact by directing volunteers and money in support of GOP candidates who reflect their small-government values. www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/15/tea-party-movement-evolves-political-force/ |
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Post by gski on Dec 15, 2009 17:54:39 GMT -5
Let's see, the last time we had a true 3 party race, the "mad hatter", Ross Perot was the candidate.
Somehow I see a bad senario coming from this. Obama runs again, and because of the 3rd party candidate he wins a 2nd term, but loses the total vote between the other two combined and then declares a mandate for change...once again.
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Post by dgriffin on Dec 15, 2009 19:06:57 GMT -5
Right-o. TP'ers will split the vote and lose the race for Republicans. However, how does a party get started?
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Post by Clipper on Dec 15, 2009 23:48:07 GMT -5
Yep, they would definitely split the vote and shoo Obama back into office for another term.
Otherwise, I would be printing Francor for President signs already and saving up to donate to his campaign.
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Post by wcup102 on Dec 20, 2009 14:09:42 GMT -5
Maybe they would win and some HONEST americans will truly be looking out for the little guy for a change.
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Post by bobbbiez on Dec 20, 2009 14:33:59 GMT -5
Maybe they would win and some HONEST americans will truly be looking out for the little guy for a change.  Wcup, I'm leaning towards your thought in hopes of the same.  |
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Post by stoney on Dec 20, 2009 16:51:01 GMT -5
You don't think Obama is honest?
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Post by bobbbiez on Dec 20, 2009 22:19:50 GMT -5
You don't think Obama is honest? What I mean is, I'd like to see someone winning any election not owing their party favors and someone who knows what it's like to live on a middle-class income. Honest probably isn't the word, understanding is more like it.  I'm not at all putting all the blame on President Obama. Our legislators from local levels all the way up are the ones more responsible, because they are the ones who come up with most programs us taxpayers have to deal with. |
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Post by corner on Dec 21, 2009 7:23:28 GMT -5
You don't think Obama is honest? if his lips are moving hes lying! |
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Post by gski on Dec 21, 2009 8:21:03 GMT -5
bobbiez, it's a nice thought to actually have someone representing the people, real middle-class people, unfortunately, the way the process works today I don't that happening. I wish it would.
It seems that unless you have the money to spend, yourself, then you have to raise money to run for office. Then you end up owing someone.
It is wishful thinking though!
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Post by dgriffin on Dec 21, 2009 9:41:18 GMT -5
The 1993 movie, "Dave", presented a totally heartwarming and almost totally false picture of how one man of ordinary morals can change the world.
 See the trailer at:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0106673/
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Post by dgriffin on Dec 21, 2009 9:48:46 GMT -5
Thinking about the movie, it's interesting that the scriptwriters felt their plot ... exact look-a-like of a sitting president gets spotted in Washington by White House officials and when later the President has a stroke and is in a coma, the officials get Dave to fool the public and sit in for him, but Dave begins to go his own way, and truth and justice win over long time politicos ... was more believable than an ordinary man attracting enough support to run for and win the Presidency.
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Wcup, I'm leaning towards your thought in hopes of the same. 
