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Tea Party Nation's policy of not endorsing candidates

Tea Party Nation has had a policy of not endorsing candidates.  We feel that in most instances, the local tea party groups are in a far better position to judge the merits of individual candidates.  As I have told groups before, "I believe we should not endorse candidates, candidates should endorse us!"

I have received a few emails from people saying that they thought we should endorse candidates.  I want to know what you think!  Should Tea Party Nation endorse candidates?  Why or why not?  What criteria, if any, should we use if we decide to make an endorsement?

Give us your thoughts, as Tea Party Nation is made up of all of it's members and this is an important decision for us!

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Permalink Reply by Dona Brown on August 12, 2010 at 9:54am
I believe there are many voters, like myself, who care enough about this Republic and our freedom to do their homework, do their own vetting of candidates, and make their own decisions. I do NOT want anyone telling me who the best candidate is and who we are going to support.. This makes me think of BO and the current administration -- they think they know best what is right for us. No, thank you. Not this woman.
Permalink Reply by JOhn E Nelson on August 12, 2010 at 10:26am
What we do at our Tea Party is present each and every candidate who is running for office in a Power Point presentation at our educational meetings, this presentation only shows a brief history/BIO of the candidate, then where he stands on the Issues like 2nd Amendment, abortion, jobs, environment etc.

It is then up to you to take that information and go to the polls , make an intelligent decision on who you want to vote for.

Our presentation has "No Spin" added to it, it is information right from the candidates own web sites.

Yes many people can go out and look this up themselves, but how many do? Also there are millions of Senior citizens that either do not have, or are not real savvy on using computers.

Our members all have their personal opinions, they may not like something you do about a specific candidate, this is the reason why I am against specific candidate backing. Who is going to make that specific choice, you say the group, O.K. but you are still going to have people in the group that don't agree with your selection. This is a good way to loose members, and that is not what we want to do. Lets Educate the people and hope they make intelligent decisions in the voting booth.
Permalink Reply by Dona Brown on August 12, 2010 at 10:44am
Excellent! Information and education is the key. My local Tea Party was not doing anything as far as vetting candidates when I first started looking for information. Doing this on my own WAS very time consuming, and I know many simply do not have the time or the ability to do this. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION:)
Permalink Reply by Mary Lou Nyderek on August 12, 2010 at 8:54am
I really wish someone would give us some guidance. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I cannot find a Tea Party group that is near us. We have also had a problem with "fake" endorsements from supposed Tea Party members who are actually liberals. So now we just don't know who to trust. I trust this site and if Tea Party Nation gave an endorsement to a candidate I would follow their endorsement. Too bad it didn't come in time for the primaries.
Permalink Reply by Leonard J Niedziela on August 19, 2010 at 10:40am
Permalink Reply by Leonard J Niedziela on August 19, 2010 at 10:42am
Permalink Reply by Linda B. Jarrett on August 12, 2010 at 8:55am
Mr Phillips--

It is my strong opinion the TEA groups should strive to educate the public on the positions and background of candidates for office.

And, you are totally correct that local TEA groups are best equipped to gather such information about potential candidates!

An official endorsement (or opposition) is inadvisable in my opinion because it raises questions of the eventual development of a "Third Party" -- a great mistake as the candidacy of Ross Perot should have taught us all.

TEA groups should be all about issues, NOT individual endorsements!!
Permalink Reply by Clay Barham on August 12, 2010 at 9:00am
You could simply report what people local groups have endorsed.
Permalink Reply by Mary Lou Nyderek on August 12, 2010 at 9:04am
Yes, I agree with Clay. Since I couldn't find endorsements, other than "fake" ones, for our district, it would have been nice to have the Tea Party Nation tell us who our State groups endorsed.
Permalink Reply by Kelly Cannon on August 12, 2010 at 9:12am
I think Morris has a great idea. i was thinking along the same line, but Morris really spells it out.
Permalink Reply by William Vreeland on August 12, 2010 at 9:13am
The Tea Party Organizations must begin to endorse candidates; or at least provide a forum so members can compare where candidates stand on the issues. The focus must be based on conservative principals of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and free market positions. It is important to remove progressives and rino's from government.
Permalink Reply by Linda Brown on August 12, 2010 at 9:21am
Why are there so many "good" candidates? If everyone is for the same thing, why cant they agree to be just one. It was like this in Texas. the candidates were many when they thought they could get the tea parties behind them. They were quick to join, run around claiming T endorsements, conservatism, etc.
The nuts and bolts were, they are just in it for themselves. they are opportunist who are looking for a way in for themselves.
Our area T had them all in one place and let them debate. The best one got the Attendee's vote. That was the deal.
When the "good: candidates saw they were no match for real honest person, they had a fit. After a few of these going around in Harris & Ft Bend county. Some dropped. We lowered the number to a few. Some just dont know they are transparent.
Some hung in until they lost the primary. But they also quit the T party. These people dont work in mysterious ways. they all think we are stupid. Politicians and wannabe politicians all think they are on top of the food chain.
As Tea we should be weeding them out. Dont endorse, UNendorse [not a real word].

Weed out the wannabe's and the untrusted. Dont say who you favor, Say who you dont favor. Nevada had to do that. I'm sure he was a dem plant. He went on TV, Ads, etc. saying he's the tea party candidate. The Tea Parties went wild and sent out notices every where. News eventually picked up on it. It got to big on the internet for them to ignore.

There is nothing wrong in saying, "after a long look at the candidate, we will not endorse, A,B, or C" Let the rest figure it out on who's left..

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