Comments on: Third Party, Or Just Fix What We Have? http://www.plainpunditry.com/2010/02/18/third-party-or-just-fix-what-we-have/ Commenting on Social & Political Issues Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tim Haile http://www.plainpunditry.com/2010/02/18/third-party-or-just-fix-what-we-have/comment-page-1/#comment-4058 Tim Haile Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:37:55 +0000 http://www.plainpunditry.com/?p=1248#comment-4058 Thanks Andy. I appreciate your remarks. I had missed the Rove article, so I appreciate your placing the linking to that article. Thanks Andy. I appreciate your remarks. I had missed the Rove article, so I appreciate your placing the linking to that article.

]]> By: Andy http://www.plainpunditry.com/2010/02/18/third-party-or-just-fix-what-we-have/comment-page-1/#comment-3992 Andy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:53:25 +0000 http://www.plainpunditry.com/?p=1248#comment-3992 Good analysis. The Tea Party movement is a force to be reckoned with. The GOP would do well to listen and move back to conservative principles. A third party can be good in some cases, but most of the time, especially in national elections, a Tea Party candidate running against a GOP & a Dem will result in the Democrat (either liberal or moderate) winning the election. The people in the Tea Party movement do not want that. I saw a good article today by Karl Rove about this - <a href="http://www.rove.com/articles/217" rel="nofollow">Where the Tea Parties Should Go from Here</a>. His idea goes along with yours. He said the Tea Party movement will only be effective if it is separate from the two parties. Its function is to influence both parties to move back to Constitutional principles. Right now, the GOP is in a better position to adjust their platform and win these voters. A third party is not the answer. Moving the country back to conservative principles is. Good analysis. The Tea Party movement is a force to be reckoned with. The GOP would do well to listen and move back to conservative principles. A third party can be good in some cases, but most of the time, especially in national elections, a Tea Party candidate running against a GOP & a Dem will result in the Democrat (either liberal or moderate) winning the election. The people in the Tea Party movement do not want that.

I saw a good article today by Karl Rove about this – Where the Tea Parties Should Go from Here. His idea goes along with yours. He said the Tea Party movement will only be effective if it is separate from the two parties. Its function is to influence both parties to move back to Constitutional principles. Right now, the GOP is in a better position to adjust their platform and win these voters. A third party is not the answer. Moving the country back to conservative principles is.

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