Opinion: Ron Paul and the tea party playbook - David Kirby and Emily Ekins - POLITICO.com:
"The Republican National Convention this week announced speaking slots for libertarian Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and social conservative Rick Santorum. Both claim the 'tea party' brand. However the 2012 primary season reveals that the tea party playbook is more Paul than Santorum.... Santorum never won a majority of the tea party vote in any primary....
"Tea party supporters are actually united on economics, but split on social issues, we find, compiling data from local and national polls with dozens of original interviews with tea party members and leaders. Roughly half the tea party is socially conservative, half libertarian: fiscally conservative, but socially moderate to liberal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79539.html
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The Two Faces of the Tea Party
by George Dance
"The Republican National Convention this week announced speaking slots for libertarian Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and social conservative Rick Santorum. Both claim the 'tea party' brand. However the 2012 primary season reveals that the tea party playbook is more Paul than Santorum.... Santorum never won a majority of the tea party vote in any primary....
"Tea party supporters are actually united on economics, but split on social issues, we find, compiling data from local and national polls with dozens of original interviews with tea party members and leaders. Roughly half the tea party is socially conservative, half libertarian: fiscally conservative, but socially moderate to liberal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79539.html
'via Blog this'
Also Read:
The Two Faces of the Tea Party
by George Dance
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