http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/15/tea-party-express-unveils-heroes-targets/
April 15, 2010
“Tea Party Express unveils ‘heroes,’ ‘targets’”
Posted: April 15th, 2010 01:14 PM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Washington (CNN) –
SNIPPET: “In the lengthy press conference that partially amounted to a pat on the back for their efforts at impacting a handful of key races in the last several months, the group said they are only supporting candidates they feel have a viable shot at winning next November.
“In politics, you always have to be careful to promise what to do,” said Sal Russo, a GOP consultant who is aiding the Tea Party in their efforts. “We try to keep our focus on the doable. We have a lot of wonderful candidates that simply can’t win. So our focus is on the candidates that can win so we can really focus on taking America back.””
SNIPPET: “On the House side, the group is also backing one Democrat - Walt Minnick of Idaho who is part of the “Blue Dog” coalition of centrist Democrats.”
IDAHO:
Quote:
FIGHTING FOR IDAHO VALUES
Stop Tax Increases
Eliminate Wasteful Spending
Repeal and Replace the Health Care Bill
Protect the Unborn
Defend our 2nd Amendment Rights
Secure Our Borders
No Amnesty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2497043/posts
“The Tea Party Endorsement That Wasn’t”
Voices.WASHINGTON POST.com ^ | April 20, 2010; 1:34 PM ET | By David Weigel
Posted on April 20, 2010 3:23:31 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: “The Tea Party Express’s endorsement of Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) has had little real political impact so far. After the endorsement, TPE’s Sal Russo couldn’t tell when we might see, say, a TV ad or mailer for Minnick — although Mark Williams claimed that the group had planned to run ads supportive of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) until he decided to support the final version of health-care reform.
So what impact have we seen? A vast and efficient cheesing-off of tea party groups in Idaho.”
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