[bobk333]

I disagree with some of what you say.

1. Romney *and* Perry are the establishment candidates.

2. The Tea Party does not equal the Republican Party. The party should support only candidates who we think will take risks and fight for our causes.

3. The Tea Party will not go along with politics as usual and business as usual. It should not support an establishment candidate. It would be better to run our own third party candidate, where we would have a really excellent chance of winning.

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[cripplecreek]

There are a lot of attempts by the squishy middle to grab some tea party credibility.

It starts with advocacy groups like Americans for prosperity which is an arguably conservative group but they bring other baggage like Dick Morris. Plus, their advocacy doesn’t look at things on a case by case basis.

Personally, I refuse to belong to any organized tea party group. Instead I tend to meet informally with tea party minded people over coffee a few times a month.

[DWC]

What?

[Quicksilver]

1. Romney *and* Perry are the establishment candidates.

We shall see. From what I have read and heard, the establishment isn't happy about Perry. They thought he would stay away and Romney would have a clear path to the nomination.

I firmly believe that the Tea Party movement will continue to grow independently from any party or organization. The TP should not only target Republican seats in primaries, but also target Democrat seats as well. Imagine a Tea Party caucus in the House that comprises R's, D's and I's!

[crusader71]

“It would be better to run our own third party candidate, where we would have a really excellent chance of winning.”

Respect your opinion but disagree. A third party candidate of the right or left has literally zero chance of winning a presidential election in this country, and will ensure 4 more years for the communist. I would work to nominate the most conservative candidate possible for the GOP nomination. That is the place to fight this out, and not the general election.

[nascarnation]

It would be better to run our own third party candidate, where we would have a really excellent chance of winning.

Baraq has a rock solid 40% no matter what. Maybe 42. I don't see how anybody could argue with that number.

So you really think a third party which currently isn't on the ballot in any state (to my knowledge) is going to get 42-44% of the vote? And Republicans will get 18%.

I'm not buying it, no way.