[Lorianne]

No. You don’t have to abandon your values in order to focus first and foremost on fiscal issues,

It’s not either/or.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You don’t have to abandon your values in order to focus first and foremost on fiscal issues

Whoever said Tea Party candidates were?
Again, name a Tea Party-backed Republican who is pro-abortion and/or pro-homo marriage.
This entire article is a total red herring, designed to create dissension in the Tea Party ranks. What the Hell does the author think Tea Party candidates are doing? They have been talking about fiscal issues. People like Governor Palin and Sharron Angle are God-fearing Christians, yet have rarely discussed their faith on the campaign trail.

[garybob]

It’s not either/or.

That's not what the article said. I quote, "If you allow these issues to become part of your campaign, you will not only lose you will cause the party that most-agrees with you to lose." (emphasis mine)

Sounds "either/or" to me. Fiscal issues are not values in the sense of what the term "value" means.

[BigSkyFreeper]

You don’t have to abandon your values in order to focus first and foremost on fiscal issues,

Abandoning social issues to focus on fiscal issues or national security issues is like lopping off an arm with a hacksaw.