It’s not our choice what to “emphasize.” As you can see in a Democrat fundraising e-mail, or their contraception nonsense last year, they will bring up whatever issue they want to emphasize and attach us to it. And the issue will come up in the debates. You have to be prepared to defend your beliefs on the stage, unless you abandon them completely. Nobody’s ever suggested running a campaign that talks more about social issues than the debt or taxes. The Tea Party talks about debt and taxes more than anything else.
BULL!! There are Freepers every single day who insist we run campaigns emphasizing social issues….even if it means giving away the farm on liberty and property……and there are a number of so-called tea party groups who have become social conservative groups almost exclusively. But I do agree, you need to be able to defend social conservatism when challenged…..