Tea Party: Warming or Resigned to Mitt Romney
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Posted: 4:47 PM Feb 6, 2012
Tea Party: Warming or Resigned to Mitt Romney
Tea party activists long skeptical of Mitt Romney are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after giving up on finding a candidate they like better.
Reporter: Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press
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Denver, CO (AP) - Tea party activists long skeptical of Mitt Romney are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after giving up on finding a candidate they like better.

Whatever the reason, the former Massachusetts governor who scored back-to-back wins in Florida and Nevada now is picking up larger shares of the tea party vote than he did when the Republican nomination fight began.

The movement has influence early on, forcing candidates to parrot its language and promote its agenda of restrained spending.

But the coalition was fractured and plagued by infighting. It also watched as all of its preferred candidates fell out of favor or left the race. The remaining candidates have attributes tea partyers like but also face huge hurdles. The leaves them with Romney.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 6, 2012 at 02:55 AM

Obama Christian? Why did he list Islam as his religion when he applied to college? Seems that his choice of religion is a matter of convenience for Barry. Romney's faith is what it has always been. Have you ever lived in a Mormon community? Do you know that these people would find you a job if you needed it and not ask what religion you are? If you were hungry, needed clothing or help? That sounds like some of the principles of Christianity. It's not the ceremony it is the act of humanity that is important.
Posted by: Anonymous on Feb 8, 2012 at 07:17 PM

and the chief puppet Obama
Posted by: Funny.... on Feb 8, 2012 at 03:23 PM

You just described the black community and it's puppeteer, the NAACP.
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