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We need to look not only at candidates’ words, but their deeds as well (by their fruits we shall know them), and whether their background and experience is consistent with being able to win the election. And we must be wary of blank slates that suddenly claim the “Tea Party” mantle—it’s uncanny how many of these erstwhile unknowns who suddenly raise a lot of money and claim to be “Tea Party leaders” are actually Ron Paul disciples (who are anything but traditional conservatives). But even those with a public record may try to pull the wool over our eyes: remember when ultraliberal RINO ex-Congressman Tom Campbell tried to claim to be a “Tea Party” candidate in the 2010 CA Senate primary?
I agree completely. The Precinct Project is a good start and so is the Leadership Institute. FReepers or those interested in being or developing a candidate or managing a campaign need education and experience. We need a farm club and it really starts at the lower offices. I am much more confident in electing someone who gets politics and you don’t always find the kind of effective political leaders in business. There is a beneficial art to political experience. We talk a lot about level one: getting elected. But being able to implement an agenda as an executive or move policy as a legislator is critical. As we can see with Obama no experience = big mess. Seeing him disclaim any responsibility for the poor management and implementation of his signature legislation/policy just shows how utterly incompetent he is. He must live in a good news only bubble. I’d be worried about everything that did go wrong. But it’s somebody else’s money and...he’s Obama.