Opinionated @ CFE » Independent American Party http://opinionated.coolestfamilyever.com Jesse's opinions on pretty much everything political. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:15:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 When Anger Trumps Reason http://opinionated.coolestfamilyever.com/2010/02/14/when-anger-trumps-reason/ http://opinionated.coolestfamilyever.com/2010/02/14/when-anger-trumps-reason/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:45:53 +0000 Jesse http://opinionated.coolestfamilyever.com/?p=92 Apparently the tea party movement in Nevada has gotten to a point where they want to register as a third party and run a candidate of their own for US Senate. Given the anger at establishment Republicans, I can’t say that I’m too surprised. That is, until you consider that a third party, the Independent American Party, already exists in Nevada with ballot access, over 4% of total active registered voters, and a platform not too terribly far from where the tea party crowd stands.

It seems like rather bad strategy to forge ahead down the path of a new party when you could simply build on the momentum of a party that already has the same goal no baggage, and a large number of registered voters. (The IAP also has a lot of street cred since they lead initiative petitions to overturn a record tax increase and stop public employee double-dipping.) Anger has trumped reason in Nevada tea party activists.

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