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Tea party will ‘absolutely’ back Romney in general election, says movement leader
The Daily Caller ^ | April 24, 2012 | Jamie Weinstein

Posted on 04/24/2012 8:00:09 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative

Though the tea party wasn’t particularly enthused about Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy during the primary, one tea party leader who was present at the inception of the movement says the tea party will get behind the former Massachusetts governor going into the general election.

“Absolutely, the tea party can and will support Mitt Romney in the general election, and with great energy in the door-to-door ground game,” said Michael Patrick Leahy, co-founder of The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition and author of the recently released book, “Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement.”

“It’s important also to note that this is a strong sentiment at the local level — among the 3,000-plus local tea parties.”

“Though on the core values, Mitt Romney’s not as aligned with us as Michele Bachmann, he’s far superior to Barack Obama,” Leahy added.

“Our job in the tea party movement is to cautiously but vigorously befriend Romney, while reserving the right to encourage him — continuously — to align more closely with our core values. This encouragement to align has already begun, and it will continue through and beyond election day.”

Leahy also pushed back against the notion that the tea party is becoming increasingly irrelevant.

“[T]he tea party’s grassroots get-out-the-vote activities will be the deciding force of the 2012 presidential election,” he contested.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012endorsements; abo; endorsements; liarromney; loserromney; lyingromney; mittromney; obama; rinoromney; romney2012; teaparty
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1 posted on 04/24/2012 8:00:14 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Not a chance.

Romney, the Soros plant, is FOR TARP, RomneyCARE,
more taxes (called “fees”) and Sharia.

Who in the Tea Party is not?


2 posted on 04/24/2012 8:02:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Meadowmuffins. I will never vote for Romney. In the primary or the general.

And I will actively campaign against the liberal if he gets the nomination.

/johnny

3 posted on 04/24/2012 8:02:57 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Diogenesis

Not this TEA partier.


4 posted on 04/24/2012 8:03:13 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

That’s great . . . we are supposed to support a 100%, dyed in the wool, committed, homosexual loving, abortion supporting, health care mandating, non-Christian, stinking liberal Democrat!

We’ve come a long way from Dole/McLame/Bush haven’t we?


5 posted on 04/24/2012 8:03:19 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: St. Louis Conservative

The title is misleading SOP fodder coming from RomBots.


6 posted on 04/24/2012 8:03:30 AM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
What is this “leader” shit?
I did not vote for any “leader”.
This headline make the TeaParty sound like we need a jesse jackson.
No! I did not forget to capitalize.
7 posted on 04/24/2012 8:03:44 AM PDT by Tupelo ( 2012 TEA PARTYER but no longer a Republican)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

I was not aware that Michele Bachmann was the gold standard of the Tea Party? She did not do much for me


8 posted on 04/24/2012 8:04:35 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012 OR FLIPPIN BUST)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Sorry you are irrelevant. You are accepting Romney terms. And anyway no one leads me!


9 posted on 04/24/2012 8:04:57 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (If Romney needs my vote to win Mississippi, he is in a heck of a lot trouble more than me.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

MORE MEDIA BS TELLING US WHAT WE WILL DO AND WHO OUR CANDIDATE SHOULD BE

TODAY IS THE DAY

GO OUT AND VOTE FOR NEWT IN ALL TODAY’S PRIMARIESS!!! AND DRAG 10 PEOPLE WITH YOU

Your vote is worth 100 times more today than normal- because SO FEW PEOPLE vote in primaries.

If JUST freepers show up, we can assure a Gingrich win!

Last election, in my district FIVE PEOPLE showed up to vote, all day long. (not 5 percent, 5 people)

Each of us can scare up 5 people without even trying

I just called my mom and brothers and sisters and none of them were even planning to vote today - probably some of my neighbors too.

CALL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!


10 posted on 04/24/2012 8:04:57 AM PDT by Mr. K (If Romney wins the primary, I am writing-in PALIN)
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Michael Patrick Leahy, co-founder of The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition

He is definitely NOT a TEA Party member . . . not with those credentials. This guy can go to hell.

11 posted on 04/24/2012 8:05:38 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: St. Louis Conservative
I'm a T.E.A. Partier and I definitely have no leader!!
12 posted on 04/24/2012 8:08:12 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Horse-hockey!

Not this TEA partier!

I have said it before and I'll continue to say it...

Romney is NOT a conservative.
Romney is NOT even a moderate.
Romney is a northeast liberal Democrat masquerading as a Republican.

13 posted on 04/24/2012 8:09:29 AM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (Romney = a paler shade of Obama.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Romney can ride in on the Tea Party’s coattails, instead of the other way around. Let Romney deal with a conservative house and a republican senate witn a significant conservative caucus. No liberal judges, no stupid treaties, etc.


14 posted on 04/24/2012 8:10:13 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Okay, that’s it! I’m voting for Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the other liberals. The Republicans really angered me now. Just to show them I’ll help re-elect Obama, by golly, and that’ll let them know how tough I am.


15 posted on 04/24/2012 8:10:17 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: St. Louis Conservative
Michael Patrick Leahy who? I don't recall nominating this retard to speak for a group that is famous for its lack of leadership.

“Our job in the tea party movement is to cautiously but vigorously befriend Romney, while reserving the right to encourage him — continuously — to align more closely with our core values. This encouragement to align has already begun, and it will continue through and beyond election day.”

Vigorously befriend? What does that mean? He also goes on with some nonsense about "encouraging" Milt to align with us? Get real. He is already actively disassociating himself with the Right.

16 posted on 04/24/2012 8:10:39 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

ATTENTION: ATTEMPTED CO-OP IN PROGRESS


17 posted on 04/24/2012 8:11:10 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Politics is fake. I think it's owned by Vince Mcmahon)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Vote for Barak O’Romney? I don’t think so.


18 posted on 04/24/2012 8:11:22 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Tea Partiers are obviously RINO socialists...


19 posted on 04/24/2012 8:13:38 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

TEA Party leader = oxymoron.


20 posted on 04/24/2012 8:14:31 AM PDT by Ingtar (When I donate to FR, it does not take the money and run as every politician I donate to does)
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