Re: For Non Democrats Only: Who Would You Like To See Win The 2016 Republican Primar
Why? 3 years out and he needs to throw some bones to the base. He just needs to figure out what those are. Give all of your ideas at once, you give the opposition 3 years to attack it. Frankly, the truth would kill the Tea Party. They tend to reject folks for having the audacity to be honest in at least one area they don't like. Meanwhile, the most honest ones they like are the ones that can't get elected for the general election.
It's a stupid policy Tea Partiers want.
No your "assumptions" are false.
First off the "base" is sick and tired of being used every election cycle thrown the "bones" as you described only to see they were nothing more than lies to gain our support. We end up holding our nose to vote for the Republican elite well funded moderate candidate that it takes a microscope to determine the differences between him and his opponent. A Republican moderate boils down to being the asshole in the room who loves big government as much as the left and thinks with a few little tweaks can do it better than his opponents. The voters see it and vote for the Democrat that promises them more free stuff.
Second- every Tea party conservative, libertarian, and independent basis for every one of their principles is in the Constitution.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY means not overspending, and not burdening our children and grandchildren with our bills. In the words of Thomas Jefferson: “the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity [is] swindling futurity on a large scale.” A more fiscally responsible government will take fewer taxes from our paychecks.
CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITED GOVERNMENT means power resides with the people and not with the government. Governing should be done at the most local level possible where it can be held accountable. America’s founders believed that government power should be limited, enumerated, and constrained by our Constitution. Tea Party Patriots agree. The American people make this country great, not our government.
FREE MARKET ECONOMICS made America an economic superpower that for at least two centuries provided subsequent generations of Americans more opportunities and higher standards of living. An erosion of our free markets through government intervention is at the heart of America’s current economic decline, stagnating jobs, and spiraling debt and deficits. Failures in government programs and government-controlled financial markets helped spark the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Further government interventions and takeovers have made this Great Recession longer and deeper. A renewed focus on free markets will lead to a more vibrant economy creating jobs and higher standards of living for future generations.
Third- One of the major differences between a moderate and a Tea party conservative is the Tea Party conservative/libertarian will stand up in the middle of the road for what they believe expecting to get hit by the left and the moderates within their own party. Where the moderates are more like chameleons changing colors to hide among the foliage... when it comes close to election time then by Gawd they declare themselves "conservative" and pander to the base for their future votes just to get elected and once in office act like a flaming big government, big spending Democrat once again.
Anyone supporting a moderate will not shrink the size of government, nor will it solve our debt problem. It will not restore the balance of powers greatly needed between Federal and State governments. A moderate would be just another FAIL.
