Posted on 01/24/2014 12:06:11 PM PST by Hostage
The Tea Party should hold their own convention one month prior to the GOP.
At first glance this seems symbolic only. But upon further reflection, some united statement coming out of a "Tea Party Convention" about who conservatives should vote for could have a chance to affect the eventual nominee. If we could at least get all conservatives voting for he same guy, it might reduce the dilution of votes that always get the establishment and media "their guy".
Thanks to Tenacious 1 for the above:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3115298/posts?page=10#10
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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.
My own view above:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3115298/posts?page=22#22
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I’ve been floating the same idea for about a month now.
Tea party gets behind one in the beginning. Much easier to beat the GOPe that way.
maybe even send a GOPe ringer in too.
Thanks to cableguymn for the above:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3115298/posts?page=26#26
The problem that American Politics has is not the two party system, but rather the personalities and behavior of people. Attendance at TEA Party functions continues to display arrogant individuals who want only have political influence and use that particular platform; hence the ineffectiveness of a third party.
By that logic all parties are ineffective.
A Tea Party convention will have a certain influence on the GOPe. It will work to stymie the efforts of the GOPe to declare a nominee using a few early primary states. Its purpose is to ensure a conservative candidate is a serious contender without the rules and tricks that the RNC uses to pre-select their candidate.
You have it right but at the same time wrong.
What is needed is a “Secondary”. That is, conservatives under all their various guises including the Tea Party must hold a Secondary. That is, there must be some across the land preliminary conservative vote to select a candidate for the Republican Primary.
The primary will be very different if conservatives can coalesce on one candidate to oppose the presumed GOPe candidate.
A Tea Party Convention as a third party proposition is weakness and is certain to be defeated. Splitting the Republican vote will assure a Hillary disaster
The idea of a Tea Party Convention is not to establish a third party. The purpose is to confirm the choice of a presidential candidate within the GOP as voted for by Tea Party groups.
OK then we have similar thoughts.
My extension of the thought is to have an agreed conservative/Tea Party candidate prior to the Republican Primaries and thus have a more or less united front at the convention
I would hope you are correct, but the human ego is truly a rare thing subordinated to ideology, rather than self-fulfillment. Locally, the personalities have created an atmosphere that only reinforces their own world view and suppresses anything but Paul, which shows their own political ambition.
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Yes, this is an excellent idea but the first public meeting must be far before the convention. In fact, there needs to be something public THIS SUMMER for this election first.
Then some other coming together BEFORE THE PRIMARIES. Maybe that would be the convention. We need to stop waiting for the leftist media to choose our candidate, putting on our jackets and gloves, and dutifully going down to vote for their chosen guy. We need to SHAPE THE ELECTION.
By the end of 2014 we need to focus on NO DEBATES UNLESS ONE MODERATOR IS CONSERVATIVE. And get every potential candidate to agree they won’t take part in a typical lib ambush debate. The debates matter more than people think. Saturday Night live uses the debates to the advantage mostly of Dems. We could head them off at the pass by showing the left for once on the ropes.
I had this idea for years, of course I have no idea how to spread it
No reason it can’t be done at the state level too, not just for the Presidency!
Your ideas make perfect sense to me. Some of the challenges to this include the short timing, and the lack of ability to truly ensure that conservative candidates that are not “chosen” by this process will honor the wishes of the conservatives. Ambition for higher office can be compelling, I would guess.
no, because the tea party is not supposed to be centralized. Centralized allows for some political kook and/or hack to claim it as their own.
Without a central leader, the effete media have no one person to attack and they can not protect their NYC delusional worldview.
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