In order to strengthen the sentiment towards the Tea Party it should be focused on the financial aspects that have affected our economy. The Recession and the desire to not be like socialist Europe with high unemployment. There needs to be less religious sentiment as that is how the media is portraying the Tea Party as a radical religious extremist group. Whatever your beliefs are if you believe in God, Muhammad, Buddha, or none at all; in order to be united it needs to be focused on the most impacting issues that are truly affecting us. That is unemployement, the recession, taxes, and inflation. The reason why the left is still leading with the media and saying Obama’s polls are still high is because this needs to be less about One nation under God and focused on the financial issues that affect us all.

“MAY?” MAY you say?

a little late don’t ya think?

The way this has unfolded ~ allowing “nuts” to run your show.

You have shot your foot clean off! and a threat to only sitting officials.

which is good! ~ Maybe some real conservatives might be elected, while still unable to muster the votes for a national election victory.

Perfect!

Actually it is the RINO party which splits the conservative vote !! Time to stop wasting your vote on a party that talks about smaller government while running for office, and then makes government bigger and more intrusive after the election is over. I will NOT support the republican party. I don’t want a third party. I just want a REAL second party rather than an echo of the democrats. Enough is enough !!
VOTE LIBERTARIAN !!

Either way you look at it… democrats are scared. I possibly see this as the total destruction of the democrat party, a new and improved republican party, and majority politcal movement toward the TEA Party values. The minority parties could well be the democrat and republican party… with the majority be held by the Tea Party, the true representative of the majority of Americans…..the middle class!

I’m afraid we really missed it. I don’t trust the rino republicans, there are hardly any incumbants worth returning. Bachmann, ryan, only popular now. When the teA PARTY STARTED IF THEY HAD put together 3rd party we would be headed for total majority and maybe real candidates. We need to get away from the 2 party system the idiotic assignment and power systems of house and senate, and have real chance for real conservative candidates not obligated to anyone but voters. This illeGAL lobby money and all other bribes need to be eliminated from politics. We don’t need to see all these wASteful ads and bullshit for elections. We’re already paying for pbs use it one month before election and we’ll have all we need or want. How many of our legislators are working when they are all home raising money and lyin. The electoral system is a farce it’s unconstitutional as many voters have no input, majority votes throws all electoral votes in almost states, that’s all wrong. Proper leader could have accomplished this but we haven’t seen yet.

Ross Perot split the conservative minded votes and we ended up with Bill Clinton and his arrogant, unelected co-president, Hillary Clinton.

After 8 years of the “most ethical administration in American History (Bills promise, remember?) Ralph Nader split the liberal vote and costs good ole’ world class shakedown artist, Al Gore the election while he and his vice presidential candidate insisted that every vote be counted accept of course the absentee military ballots. “Every dimpled chad every damaged chad and every chad you find on the floor was a vote for Gore)

Personally, I happen to have a great deal of affinity and respect for the tea party ideology. But I think it is true, they will split the vote and it will be the conservative minded American people who will pay the price for it. Clinton won twice with only 42% of the vote when he ran against Bush 41.

I would like to think that the solution would be as simple as doing away with the nomenclatures “democrat” and “republican” but then you’d still have the lying, cheating, ambivalent, power hungry politicians working both ends against the middle. This is why I generally tend to vote only for Republicans. I don’t have much faith in the party as a whole and I think it lacks real leadership, but, frankly, since I am in no hurry to have to wear a hammer and cycle arm band to avoid persecution, it’ll be a cold day in hell before I vote for a democrat.

I used to believe in the old saying “I vote for the man, not the party” but one day it occurred to me that politics really is a team sport. To want conservative government and vote for ANY democrat is a lot like going to your sons high school football game and cheering for the quarter back on the other team.

Unless the tea party can demonstrate that they have the power, ability and team spirit to win the game, I am sticking with the “home” team, win, loose or draw.

Again, I am a Republican by default only, a refusal to support ANY democrat. If the Republican party had governed as they should have after the ’94 elections, the tea party would be unnecessary and unless they step up and do what they are supposed to do, the tea party will be the death of them and the liberals who love to call themselves “progressive” these days will win. If that happens again, American will loose, big time.

Why does this poll even matter? They have the Democrat wining any way you look at it! Like that’s gonna happen…HA! My B-day is right after the Nov. election, I pray I get a good conservative present.

I and many of my friends, (mostly retired military) have taken a vow.

We will never support any candidate that has professed being a Liberal.

We will never support any candidate that has professed being a Progressive

We will not support nor consider any candidate that has claimed to be a Democrat until after 2013.

We will not support any candidate that has a liberal background (I. E. McCain).

We will never support any candidate that cannot support the Military, fully, absolutely and completely.

We will never support any candidate that supports abortion – most of us are God-fearing.

We will not support any candidate that does not support the constitution.

Those left, we will very carefully investigate to make our choice.
We must NEVER be allowed to have another political crisis such as we have right now.

i posted this on another topic, and it may seem like an off the subject comment , however, this is probably the root of our problem at this time so take a look:

http://splodetv.com/video/immigration-gumballs

most tea party member are true americans that want a free country where the law is enforced equally to all not just gays and illegals and the elite, the has over the have nots, a goverment that works for you, not you working for them,one that will play the cards dealt and not try stacking the deck by buying off candidates,ever legal citizen in this country should be afforded the same rights this country was founded on work hard get ahead not have someone put ahead of you because of skin color, or sexual preference,or because you are doing it legally and some think they have a right to get ahead by doing it illegally,we don,t think are elected officals should be getting arrested for siding with illegal or try tell the people of any state they don,t have a right to enforce there laws,we don,t want or need the goverment to pass laws that make an immoral act legal do we care what you do in your house as long as both partys are agreeable and not with a minor no
but don,t ask me to condone it,if it an,t broke don,t fix it what i am saying is, you fool me one time shame on you,fool me twice shame on me ,be informed the nut don,t fall far from the tree,if you like what you have vote to keep it, if not vote it ,them out

We had eight years under ultra conservatism and look what it got us. You keep going to the same dry well, you’re still going to get dust.

A Tea Party canidate is not on the ballot in most States, so it would seem impossible to split the vote.

It is my anaylsis of this poll, that given a choice most Tea Party members are convinced that if the direction of this country is not changed, that it is time for a third party to emerge. The Republican Party has the opportunity in the 2010 elections to conform to traditional, conservative beliefs that most Americans support. Although, it is possible that the Democrats could do this, it seems that they have spent their politcal clout on Progressive Socialism and it appears highly unlikely that they can change direction.

This poll should serve to enlighten and empower conservative Republicans to take charge and redifine the parties platform.

I agree with Norman.. These polling companies I think they manipulate the polls to suit their liberal bias, so as to confuse the voters.. I have not been involved in the Tea Party movement, but I am glad that they are taking an active role in our country’s political landscape.
People just need to forget about party names and vote their own convictions about who hold their same political conservative views. We need to send some of the incumbents home, based on their dismal performance while they have been in office and that would be whether Republican or Democrat..

I think the Tea Party will make rinos run and real conservative oppents stand out. There is a lot of rinos that need to get out, like McCain and Snow, Gramisty, and Collins. Get some people with back bones. Kill the PC feel good bull in the beltway.

There is a web site that lists all the Tea Parties in the US that have web sites. I counted 2,068 sites from all over the country. Surprisingly, the most are in California (168). Then comes Texas with 150; Florida with 133, and Georgia with 118. Every state has at least 4.
When a poll is taken the number (and people) called may not be as random as they say. The one mentioned here had few more respondents than there are Tea Parties, so I feel that the results are seriously skewed to favor the polling company’s desires. In short, I don’t trust polls. I do trust the Tea Party Patriots.
If a candidate misleads the Tea Party they will be gone in the next election so their impact will be minimal.

I wrote on my website before the national Tea Party started that a tea party was needed. I felt the need for disguise was not necessary and I am glad so many have also seen the danger. However, I do hope that, as written, the Tea Party doesn’t split votes so that an incumbent is allowed to return to the corrupt Congress.

All polls will ask the questions in such a way as to get the results the organizers want. And another problem about anti-incumbency is the “crop” of what’s available to replace them isn’t any better. We no longer are voting for the best person, but are voting AGAINST the worst. If you need to fix your car, and the only parts available are worthless or cheap, the repair won’t work and/or last. Your car is still broke. Before we can fix our broken government, we need a field of GOOD STATESMEN and eliminate the politicians and lawyers from running.

I Will vote for an american that will fight for american family and values ! NOT A PUPPET FOR THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM

I voted in that poll and the wording was all wrong. The bottom line it that Tea Party people are voting for the more conservative candidates in the primary, but will vote for the most conservative in the general, whom ever the primary leaves. There is no Tea “Party” per se. It is an ideology motivated group, not a political party. It will not split the Republican vote.