It can be done and I believe more easily than most would at first think.
For example, the Tea Party Convention could be a hybrid virtual convention where state TP delegations attend state convention centers with all conventions tied together in live video. No need to make one city the epicenter.
In addition to nominating a TP conservative a TP convention could adopt a platform.
Here’s why I think it’s a feasible and potent proposal:
The loose assemblage of Tea Party organizations has in the past and can again represent nearly 70 million Americans comprising conservatives, independents, libertarians, the blue collar Perot Bloc (more than 6 million) and Reagan democrats (more than 7 million). There will also be a significant bloc of voters that go with their perception of who will be a winner.
These numbers are possible and even probable given the grievances that most Americans have with both political parties today.
Republicans such as Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and other recent TP champions can attend both conventions. But their presence at the TP Convention one month before that of the GOP will empower them to be movers and shakers in the latter.
I’d have to give it more consideration as this is a pretty fresh idea. But, initially, I would think a single (large) gathering with assumed representatives from all over the country in one place, void of political influence from potential nominees, would lend more credence to an affirmation of one candidate than several events that could be watered down by the MSM as “rallies”.
Worse, if there were different nominees chosen at different “conventions” if they did not get organized enough to link on the same day at the same time, we could do more harm than good. And if we insisted on speakers, they’d want to be at all of them to get their mug out there (politicians I mean).
This seems like a big idea brewed in a tiny lab here. Without some legs, starting with FReepers, I’m not sure it’ll get anywhere past this thread.
As I told another, and CC’d JimRob, it might be good to post this idea as a vanity thread topic. FReepers are pretty smart and collectively might be able to move some levers.
One month prior to the GOP Convention is six months too late! and would be just blowing smoke.
The state primaries will begin in February, and that is when the delegate accumulation begins.
Whatever the TEA Party does to consolidate its vote will need to be done, at the latest, before any early voting begins in the earliest primary, probably one month prior, or by the middle of January 2014.