Laura Ingraham: The Tea Party Hits a Wall

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Conservative Byte
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In 2010 the tea party showed impressive strength with its anti-establishment, anti-big spending message. Senators and congressmen who pledged allegiance to those aims rode into power and for at a least a millisecond, the GOP establishment was worried. But Mitt Romney’s $15 million masterful takedown of Newt Gingrich, shows that tea party cred can only get you so far. Gingrich rode to victory in South Carolina with solid tea party support but even tea partiers with reservations about Romney abandoned him in Florida. One major lesson of this campaign stands out– without organization, money, and a sophisticated media strategy, the tea party will enjoy only sporadic political success. They may be able to win a House seat in North Carolina but winning a presidential primary requires a breadth of support and financing that tea party groups have thus far been unable to muster.

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  • vml9000

    I remember when Laura Ingram and Anne Coulter were on O'Reilly when Ingram was hosting and they were bashing Sarah Palin and her supporters. This was before Sarah made the decision not to run for the presidency…so I am not surprised that Ingram would be trying to put down the Tea Party by any means necessary…She's an undercover ROMNEYBOT just like Coulter…who by the way thinks Romneycare is just too COOL…

    • Myrtlelinder

      Remember "The Tea Party" We ain't through yet!!!

      The liberal hate us because they are afraid of us.

      • spelunker7

        I am not a liberal and you scare me to death. I have watched as you have repeatedly backed unqualified candidates and helped dems, like Harry Reis, stay in office, or supported Dems like Scott Brown.

        • Dawn

          You sound like a liberal to me.

      • daves

        I am a Liberal and I'm not scared at all.

      • True Patriot

        The true Tea Party has been undermined and infiltrated by the “enemy within.” Marco Rubio campaigned as a Tea Partier, but he betrayed us when he helped RINO Mitt Romney win the primary in Florida. He missed the votes on the major issues that affect the people in the U.S. Senate. That’s almost the same thing as voting for it; like the treasonous Patriot Act and NDAA. The DemonRats and RINOs have been slandering the Tea Party since 2010. The Tea Party has been falsely accused of causing that Arizona shooting by Debbie “ballabermouth” FALSE JEW Wasserman Schultz. She has NEVER apologized for lying. Maybe applying hot coals to her lying tongue will cleanse her of her ‘sinful’ habit. Treaon is mentions in the U.S. Constitution in Article II, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4. See website: http://www.haasstrep68.com

        • Ltsgt1

          The only tea party politician I trust is Allen West. If the GOP establishment tried to get rid of him via redistrict, I will vote for Obama rather than Romney. Come to think of it, voting for Romney is like voting for Obama.

        • Maynard Merrell

          True Patriot: I am very displeased with the Tea Party, especially when someone like Newt Gingrich, a member of the CFR gets so much support from them. He is a socialist Bilderberg puppet. They are the ones that are ruining our country. Now I wonder what the rest of them are. Those opportunist who see the successes of Tea Party members will join the Tea Partry to get eleted to some office or just to infiltrate and subvert and undermin their movement, which apparently they have already done. Back in 1962 I began warning people what was coming in the future, and is what we have today, and will continue to have if Romeny or Gingrich is elected. The republican Elite has run candidates just like them for 80 years, except for Reagan, and look at what we have got- socialist/communism. When I first started writing back in 1962, I signed many of my letters to editors as DON’T TREAD ON ME! The Tea Party also took up that battle cry, but it doesn’t mean the same to them as it does to me- freedom, and an unwavering belief in our Constitution, our Republic for which it stands, and the belief, as our Founding Fathers belived, that God gave to each of us as the times of our birth, our individual freedom. And individual freedom means free enterprise from government interference. Governments do not give us freedoms, it only takes them away. So if government is to solve our economic problems, soemwhere along the line it will deny us freedoms in order to control the economy, just as it has been doing for 80 years. The economy is not the governments business, it is the business of free enterprise. Communism is an economic form of government, meaning that the government must own or control the economy, which means to control the people, taxes, spending, and create mob demonstrations and riots by excitable teenagers, college students, labor unions, illiterates, social misfits of all kinds, which would then give the government an excuse to declare martial law and the confiscation of our guns. There would be no unemployment because we the people would all be put to work doing something for the econmy. Forced to do jobs we might not like to do, but will or else be declared as useless to the government and liquidated. If you cannot work or refuse to work you will be liquidated, and this includes the elderly and the sick. If they are not productive why wast money caring for them?
          When candidates say that they will solve our economic problems and our unemployment problems, do they mean to give us back free enterprise, or plunge us into slavery or death- communism? I’m a Constitutional Conservative and am going to vote for another Constitutional Conservative, Ron Paul. You would think that the Tea Party people would be supporting Ron Paul, Too. What is their agenda? To bring the economy under control in Soviet Russia, they murdered 56 million people.

        • Maynard Merrell

          True Patriot: The enemy from within, also known as the Shadow Government, can become know to the readers by reading the following: http://www.4rie.com/rie%201.html thru 207.html
          And: http://www.4rie.com/mainindex.html

      • Elaine

        You bet they are; and they should be!
        This is old stuff. The TEA PARTY IS the PEOPLE.

      • Proud Socialist

        Dear Myrtlelinder:

        This is hilarious at so many levels.

        My thinking is that within a year, Greece will collapse. When it does, nations to which Greece owes money will be rocked to the core. Germany might survive, but I would expect France to collapse. Ireland will take it in the neck, which may bring down the Bank of England.

        Belgium is in serious trouble. Ditto for Spain, Portugal and Italy. If half of Europe goes under, where will US capitalists market their products? Do you seriously expect Americans to buy anything? Privatization has intentionally shrunk our economy to the size of a hamburger.

        It just amazes me that with the so-called ‘civilized’ world teetering on the abyss, you still have people racing about like decapitated chickens shrieking ‘UNIONS’ and ‘they’re AFRAID of us’ and WE’LL SHOW ‘EM.’

        Dream on, Myrtlelinder. Dream on.

        Proud Socialist

        • bhs3kgt

          Socialist – good job of describing how socialist countries can’t survive. Socialism doesn’t last long and ends in riots and cultural suicide.

    • haditinsd

      I think it is time to admit there are already three political parties. The Democrat/Liberal/Progressive party is well known and greatly despised by those who are paying the bills for this country. The RINO party isn't much different bur would like to maintain the status quo where government continues to grow and they retain their power. The TEA party would like to restore the constitution and give the power back to the people. Notice there is no Republican party anymore.
      Think about this. Both Democrats and RINOs are supporting Romney. What the!!!!!!!!!! Florida proved the undecided like mudwrestling and 17 million dollars worth of mud buys a lot of votes. May I ask who voted for ideas and who voted for mud???
      I'm not sure any of these candidates really represent the TEA party. The Tea party supported some defectors last time around such as Nikki Haley, Christy, Christy Noem etc. so they need to vet the candidates they back more carefully. We need some real leadership to emerge in the TEA party. At this point in time it would probably be foolish to run a third party presidential candidate but perhaps someone like Michele Bachmann could run on the TEA party ticket for her house seat to start the ball rolling.

    • WARancher

      You may be right, v6. Laura and Ann may be spending too much time hanging out at the same happy hours. The Tea party IS relevant. But it can't carry the whole load. BTW, have you donated to the Tea Party lately? If not, please do. BTW, have you donated to the Gingrich campaign lately please do.
      Romney is using his millions and Obama etal will be using there billions. Put your money where your mouth is.

      • Elaine

        I felt embarrassed the other day. I didn’t feel like I could donate any $$. After all, I live on so little.
        Then I read a comment on a blog. The person said, “Just give up your lunch $$”. If everyone would do that — or the $ one would normally spend going out on the town….

        We don’t have to come up with Millions individually — but together we can.

  • Kenny

    Tea Partiers are by no means enthusiastic about Newt Gingrich, many having reservatuons about him because of his previous statements/actions, such as the incident on the global warming couch with the abominable Nancy Pelosi. They are also torn over the matter of electability. Romner conveys a positive, upbeat message, Gingrich often comes across as angry.
    Despite attempts to smile, it does not come naturally to him. Consequently, many have chosen Mitt Romney as the most likely candidate to unseat Obama. Getting rid of Obama is the paramount goal to all Tea Partiers. Santorum (and Bachmann pefore her withdrawl) also have/had substantial suppoprt among Tea Partiers, but the failure of their campaigns tp take hold is causing more to drift into the Romney camp. Romney, for his part, needs to make a more substantial effort to court Tea Party voters, particularly on the matter of their core principoles, which he no doubt instinctively supports.

    • PAWatcher

      No matter how much romney "courts" the tea party conservatives he will not get their backing. They may hold their breath/nose and vote for him if he should by some miracle be the republican nominee, but back him they won't. His feet will be held to the fire closer than any democrat's would be. His every move will be watched, We are awake and ready. Same goes for Ginrich, neither are truly trustworthy.

      • Gary

        As it should be, all public employees should have their feet hreld to the fire.

      • Ltsgt1

        I wish Ron Paul would run as an independent just so that I wouldn’t sit at home in election day. I will hold my nose and vote for Newt but I will never vote for Romney.

      • Maynard Merrell

        PAWatcher: The only true Constitutional Conservative in theTea Party seems to be Ron Paul. I am a Constitutional Conservative and know one when I see one. Those who supported Newt Gingrich supported a member of the socialist CFR. If any body should have known that, the Tea Party should have known it. So what are they doing. I will tell you what I think. The brains think they can control Gingrich because he is an oppotunist and will go in whatever direction is best for him in satisfying his ego. It seems that the Tea Party is looking for someone they think can out debate Obama, and that is where, I think, they are making a mistake. Who cares if the republican nominee can out debate a liar like Obama, who will lie, lie, lie to win a debate. Maybe that is what the Tea Party is looking for- a lier. Gingrich would be the right choice I guess.
        In my common sense opinion, if everybody in America that wants Obama out of office will vote for the republican nominee, then the Tea Partry could run the republican elephant and win. Does that sound logical? So why not then support a candidate that is a true Constitutional Conservative, like Ron Paul? Why does it have to be Gingrich a CFR member who wants to take us into the New World Order, just as did Bush I and II, and Clinton, Carter and Obama. Haven’t we had enough of those guys. Soros, an advocate of the New World Order, supports Romney as does Trump whose ego is larger than his ass. Lets not elect another Obama just to replace Obama. I think that is where we are heading if the Tea Party doen’t wake up!

    • Elaine

      Kenny, Romney IS Obama-Lite. He spoke about giving the Illegals Health Care;
      AS he talks a good game about “NO Dream Act” — he ran an ad in Spanish FOR the Dream Act:
      Video: http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/2012/01/romney-doesnt-support-the-dream-act-but-campaign-ad-suggests-he-does/

      He also stated that: Hezbollah-Style Healthcare would be good for America.
      http://barenakedislam.com/2012/01/24/2007-mitt-romney-said-hezbollah-style-healthcare-would-be-good-for-america/

      George Sorros even mentioned, he and Obama were alike.

      Gingrich and Dems criticize him for Medicare Fraud.

  • Lonnie Lynch

    Sorry to say that they are right in some respect… I have been trying for the past year to convince the Tea Party that they must solidify their organization by getting together under a single leader selected by the entire organization.. They are just too fragmneted to be a major force ….

    • PAWatcher

      We are united under one banner- conservative values, and our meeting place is the voting booth. Our instincts and common sense unite US.

      • Frank

        I'm with you, PAW. I'm a tea partier, too. You just keep plugging away for conservative, constitutional solutions. Win some, lose some. You just keep trucking along until something right happens.

    • budman

      I believe you have it exactly right. The thing most people do not see though is the millions who are not Tea Party members that back their views.
      I was around the Washington scene for years so I know how they can skew an action to make those who are doing the right thing made to be the bad guy. The Tea Party people were blamed by the people for simply resisting the Democrats in Congress and even in their own party over reducing the budget deficit. They are right about this and the people need to understand that at some point, everything will go away and no money to pay for anything. They have no idea how close to that point we are and if Europe collapses, we are serious trouble.

    • Maynard Merrell

      LonnieLynch: The Tea Party must first decide if they are all, I say again, All Constitutional Conservatives.

    • Maynard Merrell

      Lonnie Lynch: The Tea Party must first decide if they are Constitutional
      Conservatives. When they decide that they are, they will quit supporting Romney and Gingrich.
      Right now they are not thinking, using common sense. Ignoring too many negatives and not thinking positive. Of Course, the Tea Party people know it all. The rest of us are just too stupid. Most of us know that Gingrich and Romney would just be more of the same old garbage, like McCain that was forced onto us the last time. Palin was angry about the mud slinging against Gingrich. If Joe Blow was running and was a commiunists, I sure would throw mud at him. I have thrown not mud, but the truth against Gingrich and Romney. Has truth now become mud?

    • Proud Socialist

      Dear Lonnie Lynch:

      Good luck uniting a people devoted to the worship of Individualism. Herding squirrels might be easier.

      Proud Socialist

      • bhs3kgt

        Individualism works better than central planning.

  • das boots

    LI & AC are on the same boat with Mitty…..

    • asalsedo

      Don't you think it silly to make fun of Romney's name when your guy is called 'Newt'?

      • Reformcongress

        You know what Mitt's really first name is? Willard<<< LOL! MAKING FUN OF THE FAKE CONSERVATIVE'S NAME!

  • kfrederic

    As a Tea Party 'member' I have to take exception. Newt has as many drawbacks as Romney, at least in my estimation. The Tea Party is not an 'organization' or a party in the traditional sense. We are not about candidates but rather values. Members support candidates based on their own convictions and values, not based on Tea Party pronouncement. Tea Partiers are not mindless followers. They don't gather to chant rhyming bumper sticker slogans, rather to discuss, explore and understand issues. We do meet candidates to ask them, not tell them what they stand for. As the numbers go, what unites Tea Partiers is rejection of progressivism and today's Democrat party values not any particular Republican or Independent candidate. Yet, that is.

    • Gr29az

      well said.

      thanks from a tucson tea partier

    • Floorguy

      Long time tea party member, before it was cool.
      It was Ron Paul then and it is Ron Paul now…. Or never!

    • sootsme

      So, who are you going to vote for, given your values? Don't get me wrong- my values are like yours…however… Cain has shown that he's a wimp, not enough folks take Dr. Paul seriously, Santorum's a non-starter, Palin, Rubio & West all say "no", and -news flash- Reagan is dead. So, who do you vote for to support real conservative values??? Unfortunately, this question needed to be asked in caucuses & precinct meetings, not on the MSM and internet rant pages… Given conservatives' apparent DNA deficiency that precludes them from competing effectively in politics, the only likely answer is that we're waiting for meltdown, when the fact that conservatives are better armed than libs/marxists/socialists could save the day. A sad state of affairs, indeed… Things are far enough out of hand that "hold your nose" posers are a waste of time and energy better spent on preparation for effective defense of our families and what's left of our way of life. I wish I was wrong here, but this seems to be the only model that accounts for all the known facts…

  • Patrick Henry

    BUT, the values and patriotism of the Tea Party is still there, and people might be very surprised to see many liberal Democrats voted out of office like in 2010. With the Presidency as well, we can stop the surge of socialism we have seen by Oblamer and the Democrat Party the last 4 years…………(the last 1 year, socialism slowed down because of the Conservative take-back of the House.)

  • http://shop.com/pdunc paul duncan

    Alan West should run now. Newt turned communist Catholic recently for new lady friend and prays to the Pope. Romney is responible for the Satanic health care law. I agree with West : Socialists Obama Reid and Pelosi must get out of freedom enforcing America or be thrown out by We the People ASAP!

  • http://shop.com/pdunc paul duncan

    Alan West must run for president now. I agree socialists like Obama Reid and Pelosi should get out of freedom loving America now or be thrown out by We the people. Gingrich now prays to the Pope. and Romney is resposible for the evil healthcare law. draft west for President before its too late. We need him now.

    • Proud Socialist

      Dear Paul Duncan:

      The ‘socialists like Obama Reid and Pelosi’ may work politically, but it isn’t accurate philosophically.

      None of these people have declared for a new economy based on the need of all, rather than the greed of a few. None of them have called for worker ownership and control of the means of production and distribution.

      Remember, Paul: if it doesn’t call for worker ownership and control, it isn’t socialist, however political advantageous it is to pretend so. I should know.

      Proud Socialist

      • bhs3kgt

        Not socialism? Nit-picking the definition of income redistribution can’t hide the Marxist agenda of the Democrats.

  • jjhan2

    Did Bill Maher confuse, Ann and Laura? He must be something! They both dated him! I'm glad Michelle Malkin was already married, who knows what she'd have done?

    • Kevin

      That's interesting… never knew that.

    • Myrtlelinder

      Bill Maher, who's that, The man with the filthy anti-everybody mouth???

  • bribozo19

    The Tea Party is how old.. 4 years old, and only 1 presidential election…but it's loosing steam??? It has not grown to it's potential yet and this is only 1 states votes, a little premature to say anything about a party that has just been birthed. This chick is an sub contractor for the Dems or for Romney.Ignore her with fervor.

  • Stevethird

    The wind went out of Tea Party sails on Oct 5th 2011. What else happened the? Laura??

  • GoodDay

    MITT – is painful to watch because he stammers, stutters, and hesitates before selecting his point of view for the day. To me, he comes across as a "people pleaser" eager to go along. I expect him to say "si, si" any moment.

    NEWT – expresses his ideas easily in a captivating way and gives great illustrations from his vast knowledge of history. (He has made me renew my knowledge of past US presidents.)

    SANTORUM – speeches are booooring. I try hard but my mind wanders off the screen. Too much pressure on his vocal cords or something…

    RON – delivers one-liner-complains in his whining voice. He seldom offers any realistic solutions to problems. Because his comments are short, he has my attention.

    OBAMA – lack sincere warmth and therefore comes across as a cool and calculating politician who knows inside he doesn't have any honest positives to offer.

  • Perry Sheetz

    I'm still trying to understand why the Tea Party groups do not support Ron Paul. His message (and 30 years of public life) in support of sound money, small government and not spending more than you have seem to be the foundations of what the Tea Party was founded upon. Didn't he have an "official" tea party money bomb back in 2007, before there was a tea party movement?

  • Villa Merkle

    I consider myself Tea Party oriented and as far as I am concerned, Mitt Romney whom the big Globalist banks are supporting to the nines and Newt Gingrich, should not be classified as and do not belong as Tea Party candidates! They are not even classified as Conservatives and RINOS are preferable to their similar Obama type politics!

    Some really good news stories to look up this morning are:

    Ron Paul "People are Frightened! They've Lost Faith in Government! They're Sick & Tired of Wars!"

    Republican Establishment Excludes Ron Paul From 2012 CPAC Event

    Gingrich Ballot Fraud: Virginia Election Officials Confirm Criminal Investigation

  • DanStewart

    What has happened to Laura Ingraham?? She used to be a common sense person, but lately she has veered left. I don't listen to or like her anymore.

  • DanStewart

    This is a conservative sit? Male-bovine-excrement.

  • DanStewart

    STICK IT you liberal a-hole!!!

  • WhoIsJohn_Galt

    Ingraham is another of the establishment talking heads who think they can influence the political process. Ingraham, Coulter, and Malkin are in the same cess-pool believing their own BullSh!t and self-importance. Here's a Fact, Jack —- The GOP WILL LOSE to Obama and the Democrats November 2012. If the Republican Establishment continues to bash the Tea Party, they will ensure the destruction of our Country by getting Obama re-elected… maybe that is what they want anyway.

  • 2WarAbnVet

    Romney is basically McCain 2012, a weak uninspiring candidate who will create indifference among Conservatives. He represents the “go-along-get-along” Establishment Republicans who’ve put personal power ahead of principles for decades. Romney’s primary selling point is his supposed “electability”. But, so what? Even if he won it would not benefit the nation to replace Obama with Obomney.

  • Floorguy

    When Ron Paul's tea party, was overtaken by the Neocons during the 2010 midterms, it left the values it represented behind, to ban together for a cause, to stop Obama at all cost.

    Nothing is going to change, except who gets the pay off. Crony capitalist and fascism will eventually give this nation resource away to the highest bidder.

  • Perry Sheetz

    How long before my comments get posted, I commented over an hour ago….

  • John Galt

    If the GOP betrays the Tea Party movement then not only will it loose the Presidency, it will also loose BOTH houses of Congress. Eventually the Republican Party will cease to exist, gone the way of the Wigs, and loose state after state, a new "Tea Party" will take its place or we will fall into dictatorship!

    • Proud Socialist

      Dear John Galt:

      How would the enshrinement of the T-Party and corresponding elimination of all other factions differ from dictatorship?

      Jest wonderin…’

      Proud Socialist

  • Proud Socialist

    Dear Conservative Byte:

    We agree! Reading this article, I couldn't help but recall Marx' description of the operators of Capitalism as a sorcerer who conjures up spirits from the netherworld only to discover that they cannot be controlled, thus leading to one's undoing.

    Proud Socialist

    • bhs3kgt

      I couldn’t help but recall the millions of human beings sacrificed by the Soviet Union in there attempt to create the perfect socialist state.

  • http://yahoo pokey

    Bottom line; elections are bought, what a great government we have.

  • patriotrenegade

    some ran to perry, some to cain, many to knewtiebird. All globalists. If the globalists cause everything that angers them then WHY?! Soundbites?! ZERO research. Emotion?!(STUPID). bilderbergs and CFR's belong at a meeting with soros and both clintons, cheney, daddy bush bama, cahtuh, kerry, mccain, Lieberman, brezhinski and kissinger. Wake up. This is NOT conservative.

  • SgtLucyRet

    The big problem with the GOP these days is they all have a different idea of what the Republicans stand for. It used to be strictly a conservative way of life, and they were very successful, but these days, the DNC has gained so much power through deceit, corruption, power grabbing by usurping, circumventing and ignoring the U.S. Constitution that no one notices anymore that they push people, customs and traditions around to get their way. They do, indeed fight dirty. The GOP hasn't got the sack to fight back. They're too bust trying to appease the minorities, slackers and illegal aliens in hopes of seeing a ray of light at the end of the socialist tunnel . . . like it or not!

  • CapeConservativ

    Tea Party = CONSERVATIVE Values – SMALL Government – INDIVIDUAL Responsibility – NO Czars – NO Federal Government interference into local and state affairs

    We MUST concentrate on making headway in electing CONSERVATIVES at the local and state level so that we can one day have GOOD STRONG CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES for national office!!!! It all begins with your local boards!!!! And the Tea Party movement recognizes this most important fact!

    • Ann Wilson Kingsley

      @CapeConervative: Agreed! This is what the Tea Party stands for. I just wish they would apply these values on the national level, otherwise we start to wonder what happened to the values? Perhaps the Tea Party needs a candidate score sheet, in order to see the values translated to the national level. I know the Tea Parties stress "Voting Record", maybe it would work to have a score sheet based on a fiscally conservative voting record. Fiscal conservatism is the national challenge, and by solving our country's economic problems, social issues are put at rest – as in Progressiveism put at rest.

  • Maxine

    Go tea party

  • Moose

    The Tea Party couldn't get behind any of the Republican candidates as a national group because all of the Republican candidates are for big government. Even Rick Santorem, who is the most conservative, believes in big government. The Tea Party would be better off electing true Tea Party Senators and Representatives.

  • AlleyOops75

    Let's face it, I have read all the posts posted on this thread about the likes an dislikes of Laura Ingram…and they all strike a familiar chord…the democrat party is split and the establishment has the upper hand…Karl Rove raised 51 million for his Super PAC, American Crossroads. In January alone of this year Rove collected 5 million from billionaire Harold Simmons who controls the Contran Corporation in Dallas..Contran is also a company that buys leveraged companies that are in distress, guts them and then sells them for a handsome profit. I wouldn't place Laura in the same class as the ole guard establishment politicians as I believe she is much more conservative than the group led by Karl Rove and his minions.

  • Perry Sheetz

    Let's see, the TEA PARTY believes in small government, not spending more than you collect, personal liberty along with personal responsibility and defending the Constitution as it is written.
    There is only one candidate that meets the criteria listed above…Ron Paul.
    I wonder why the Tea Party is not backing the one candidate that matches those values listed above?
    Didn't Ron Paul has a "moneybomb" back in 2007 that originated the idea of "Tea Party"?

  • RioSam

    THE DECISION MAKERS OF "WARS" AND "YOU"
    http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2012/02/02/the-de…

  • kat

    It is time for tea-partiers to solidify behind SANTORUM
    He is the only Conservative left in the race.
    If we support him en masse, he CAN CATCH FIRE.
    Send campaign money, write letters to editors, talk to friends and relatives.

    If Mitt or Newt or Ron become our nominee, we will, of course support him. But, this early in the race, Santorum is our last hope.
    He can win!!!

  • Lynda

    The Tea Party was NEVER set up to be an "organization" or "party". We are Conservatives who push for conservative values, smaller government and honest, dependable leaders. That's what just mystifies talk radio hosts, the MSM and others who "speak" as if they are authorities on the Tea Party. Hmmm, I guess we could all decide to go to Washington, D.C. again and rally on the Capitol steps…oh yeah,,,they don't hand out permits anymore!!!! And we aren't the rude, crude OWS bunch!! So these "authorities" don't quite know what to do with us!! WE THE PEOPLE!!

  • TheBlackPiper

    Newt is NOT the Tea Party candidate. He is the beneficiary of the "anybody but Romney" vote; but I know of very few who hold him in high regard. Most just hold their nose when they vote for him.

  • Rocketman

    Who ever said that Gingrich was the automatic choice of the Tea Party? There is a whole lot if your a Tea Party person not to like about Gingrich. He’s anti-gun and his voting record shows it. He sides with the global warming environmentalists. He voted for the TARP bailouts.
    Tea Party people had better decide and soon on which candidate they want to support. On one hand you have Ron Paul, the original pro-liberty, limited government and individual rights candidate that doesn’t change his position and never has and then you have Romney and Gingrich. Both of whom are well known as flip flopper’s. Even Pat Buchanan said that Gingrich was known as a “political opportunist” who would change sides if he thought it would help him. Ron Paul is the only logical choice if your a Tea Party supporter. Ron Paul 2012.

    • cjm

      Rocketman: The Tea Party organization does not endorse candidates; they are for showing the public what each candidate holds to and whether or not they are constitutionalists. They help folks to understand the issues, why they are good or not so good for America. If a group who affiliates themselves to the Tea Party wants to sponsor an particular candidate, that is up to that particular group. A Tea Party in XYZ may endorse one candidate while another Tea Party in RHO endorses another. Point being, the main Tea Party endorses no one.

  • cjm

    Here’s the rub: “With Romney’s masterful $15 million takedown”….sends the message that only money willl get you elected. This is the reason that we need to enforce a spending cap on election campaigns along with term limits. What Ingram has corrrectly stated is that our elected positions are for sale; the will of the people is unimportant. No, she did not say this in words, but her rhetoric certainly leaves nothing to second guess. No candidate should be permitted to spend more than $1M to $2M; if the candidate cannot run an efficient campaign with that amount of money, they shouldn’t be running at all. If nothing else, it tells you they haven’t a clue about balancing a National Budget.

  • David USAF

    It is far from over. We must remember one important fact this year. ANYBODY BUT obama. Santorum is the most conservative, but I don’t know if he is ready for the assault from the Dems. Newt will be able to convey conservatism and will go after obama. Romney will not go after obama or his policies. He will treat obama with kid gloves. Ron Pauls domestic policies are ok, but his foreign policies are waaayy out there.

    I would like to see Santorum win, but I think Newt will be most capable of beating obama. Romney is just obama light.

    Whoever the nominee is remember, ANYBODY BUT obama.

  • Patricia

    I agree with Kenny and PAWatcher….the prize this time is to defeat “obama”.

  • Lucky1

    The main thing we the “Tea Party” have got to do is work on unseating the Rhinos and liberals who have been in washington for years and take back the Senate and rid the house of the rhinos who are there now just occuping space that a patroit should have to get us back to our constitution. Looks like we all know who the nominee will be for the presidency even tho we will be holding our nose when we vote, so lets get on and work to build our base in in congress and make it stronger and above all vote the people we backed before, ie one, Scott Baker, out and show people like him that we sent them there for a reason and it wasn’t to back the liberals and socialist or the elite rhinos who think they are there for life…Boehner must go this time also…

  • http://www.privatefinancialclub.com Yvonne Jones

    I’m sick of Laura and Coulter!!

    Coulter is OFF her rockers!!

    What is wrong with this picture? Please someone / anyone explain why the “ESTABLISHMENT” eat their own!!

    Seriously, the ESTABLISHMENT should be kissing the feet of the conservative tea party who took back the house in record numbers in 2010!!

    In 1998 NEWT passed the first balanced budget since 1969!

    In 1995, Time named [NEWT] him “Man of the Year” for his role in ending 40 years of majority control by the Democratic Party.* Wikipedia

    Yet, THE ESTABLISHMENT attack the tea party and attack NEWT!!

    It appears that the ESTABLISHMENT has that flesh eating disease!! Stupid cannibals.

    • Mountain Saint

      Yvonne, how could Newt balance the budget when he actually added $800 billion to the national debt?

  • Mountain Saint

    The Tea Party is history…It’s track record in Congress shows that it will abandoned its principles once it gets to Washington. It’s endorsement of the Socialist Newt was over the top…How can the Tea Party be for smaller governments and balanced budgets when it voted for the lifting the debt ceiling and allowing Obama to bankrupt the nation? How can the Tea Party be for liberty and individual rights when it voted for NDAA and gave Obama the authority to imprison us Domestic Terrorists (patriots) in prison camps for indefinite periods? And, even worst, how can the Tea Party endorse a known Socialist, Newt, for president? ….Don’t you Tea Party people and Newt supporters ever do any research? …It is a fact that Gingrich was a supporter of Socialized Medicine with its Individual Mandates only a few months ago, before he flip flopped and became a Conservative for the election year, 2012. And Newt is a disciple of Alvin Tuffler and his ‘Third Wave” movement, a globalist communist group that believes in the abolition of our Constitution and our national sovereignty. ..With this kind of record, it’s no wonder the Tea Party is strinking in size and influence and may soon disappear.