I do want to say that it is my opinion they are not the only influence that is important. You as an individual can play a significant role. Be it Tea Party or Persuade your friends and neighbors mode, to quote Art Williams, "Just Do It".
The Tea Party has more success than blunders. I love and appreciate the good they have done/are doing. I want them to do more. However, some of their blunders have been serious. They have seen to it that some pretty poor nominees take place. They need to fix that.
An example is that I think they are the reason that we have Harry Reid again. Three days before the 2010 election Sharon Angle was ahead in the polls. She then opened mouth and put in foot by claiming his religion was a cult. Nevada has a sizable Mormon population. I watched a live newscast as she said this and told my wife she just lost every Mormon vote and the election. Speaking of Mormons, wasn't the Primary beating that Romney took in the name of anyone but Romney mostly an Evangelical Christian Mormon issue? I think an honest assessment would say yes. The Tea Party's greatest influence would be if the Nation saw it less as an Evangelical controlled organization than it seems to be.
Their open mouth put in foot problem is usually a religion oriented issue with the Tea Party blunders. We had two Senate races we lost this year where religious dogma interfered with and cost the Republicans the election.
I don't care if you are an Evangelist, A Catholic, or whatever; the cause of Freedom from the Tyranny that is going on needs a big tent, where we pick the best candidates possible to run. We need to defeat Boehner and the Old Stale Republican Guard, with the Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Tim Huelskamp of Kansas Justin Amash of Michigan, Reps.Walter Jones of North Carolina and David Schweikert of Arizona rather than the Washington Establishment types. The last four listed are my current favorites. They are being punished by Boehner and company for speaking out for what their constituents sent them to Congress for.
In summary, Go Tea Party, make a big wave.
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