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Tea partiers will vote for ‘whoever’ GOP nominee ‘turns out to be’, says tea party scholar
Yahoo! News/The Daily Caller ^ | March 12, 2012

Posted on 03/12/2012 8:50:43 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Just because the tea party hasn’t been as noisy this election cycle doesn’t mean it won’t be a force come November, says Elizabeth Price Foley, author of “The Tea Party: Three Principles.”

“When it comes to the presidential contest, I think the tea partiers will turn up in droves,” she told The Daily Caller.

“They aren’t rallying in the street anymore — I think they’ve been there, done that, so they appear to be quieter. But tea party chapters are still alive and vigorous, and they are just chomping at the bit to pull a lever in November.”

What’s more, says Foley, is that tea partiers will ultimately rally behind whomever the GOP nominee turns out to be.

“And frankly, I think many tea partiers are eager to pull the lever in favor of the Republican presidential nominee — whoever that turns out to be — simply because, from their perspective, that person’s policies will be clearly preferable to those of President Obama,” she said.

Foley is the rarest of species: a tea party academic. A law professor at Florida International University and chair in constitutional litigation for the Institute of Justice, Foley says many of her liberal colleagues didn’t receive her pro-tea party book too well.

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1 posted on 03/12/2012 8:50:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Try me and see.


2 posted on 03/12/2012 8:52:31 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If I were her, I wouldn’t bet on it.


3 posted on 03/12/2012 8:53:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Americans to WEAN the government off of OUR money!!!)
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To: RIghtwardHo

I think that’s generally correct. We’ll push hard to get the right candidate, but then support whomever is the nominee to get rid of Obama.

I think it’s more important to change Congress and work to win the states than to win the presidency anyway.


4 posted on 03/12/2012 8:55:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
What’s more, says Foley, is that tea partiers will ultimately rally behind whomever the GOP nominee turns out to be.

Ms Foley, read my tagline!

5 posted on 03/12/2012 8:55:33 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama tried to tell me what to do once. Didn’t work out to well for him. Care to try your luck?


6 posted on 03/12/2012 8:57:21 PM PDT by cableguymn (Good thing I am a conservative. Otherwise I would have to support Mittens like Republicans do.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Then they are part of the problem.


7 posted on 03/12/2012 8:58:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Just like 2010, the tea party will be there to vote against anyone supporting an individual mandate.


8 posted on 03/12/2012 8:58:41 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Jonty30

I agree abut the Congress, but many many many of us will never, ever support Romney. He is Obama on the GOP ticket. Supporting Romney is voting the enemy into our own camp. Ain’t gonna happen.


9 posted on 03/12/2012 8:59:16 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Don't bet on the Tea Party to back LOSER and "Establishment Republican" Romney.

Just click on the photos for more information on the "strength" of "Establishment Republicans".
The "Establishment Republicans" rate a


Let me add this article:



The only way we, the conservatives, will lose to the Kenyan Turd is IF the "Establishment Republicans" REFUSE to support the Republican Nominee.
Now the "Republican Establishment's" hatred for conservatives is well known.
Jon Bershad wrote about Rush's analysis of their PANIC.


How many times has the "Republican Establishment" treated us to one lecture after the other on the need for “compromise” and “patience.”?
After we elect and RE-elect the "Republican Establishment", they conduct themselves with none of the confidence and enthusiasm with which they expressed themselves on the campaign trail.
It may be worth it for the GOP to lose some elections - if it means that conservatives—and the country—will ultimately win.

If we didn’t know it before, WE ... the Tea Partiers, now knows that accepting short-term loss in exchange for long-term gain is the essence of compromise, the essence of politics.

Ironically, we can thank the "Republican Establishment" for impressing this so indelibly upon us!!!
I'm fresh out of "patience", and I'm not in the mood for "compromise".
"COMPROMISE" to me is a dirty word.
Let the RINO's compromise their values, with the conservatives, for a change.

My dislike for the Democratic Party is second to none.
But my ... LOATHING ... for the "Establishment Republicans" ... is even stronger!
The "Establishment Republicans" can go to hell!
10 posted on 03/12/2012 8:59:21 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
She left out "....of the ones that decide to vote."

The Tea Party electrified a segment of the public that has a notoriously low voter-turnout profile. The problem is not whether they will vote for some milk-toast country-club Republican. The problem is whether they will even show up at the polls at all.

(and please no one lecture me as to how self defeating that is. I'm not the one making that decision.)

11 posted on 03/12/2012 8:59:46 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: dfwgator

I used to be the typeto hate mittens and I do. But after what thugbama is doing to Tricare? he’ll No!!!

A B O!!!


12 posted on 03/12/2012 9:00:00 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Tea Party scholar? What the heck is that?


13 posted on 03/12/2012 9:01:00 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

McCain 2.0 is like a “Kitchen Nightmares” episode.

romney is the rotten meat in the dirty fridge.

I don’t think I can go back there again...


14 posted on 03/12/2012 9:01:51 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I would not be so sure about that as the Tea Party folk are serious about ending corruption.


15 posted on 03/12/2012 9:02:04 PM PDT by Republican1795.
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To: RIghtwardHo

If we win Congress, Romney will go along with Congress. If we win Congress and Obama wins the presidency, he will fight Congresss just for his self-preservation if nothing else.

I would prefer Newt, and I would accept Santorum, but I would also be willing to go along with Romney if it means getting rid of Obama.


16 posted on 03/12/2012 9:03:44 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: GlockThe Vote

This election will be tough no doubt: my guess is that there will be a low voter turnout.


17 posted on 03/12/2012 9:03:44 PM PDT by Republican1795.
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To: Jonty30

Romney is more stealth with his socialism, which makes him even more dangerous.


18 posted on 03/12/2012 9:04:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Tea Party Scholar? What on Earth is that? Someone who has been studying the Team Party for two years? lol. That title makes it seems like the Tea Party has been around for decades.


19 posted on 03/12/2012 9:05:01 PM PDT by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Newt is the only one left in the race that I will consider holding my nose and voting for!


20 posted on 03/12/2012 9:06:17 PM PDT by dalereed
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