Losing sucks but it was clearly a tough place for a Republican to win. I am told, the district was originally Gerrymandered to create a strong Democrat seat by Republicans hoping to move as many Dems out of other districts as possible.
I didn’t originally go up to PA12 to actively campaign for Burns. I went as a chaperone for the Generation Joshua volunteers. That became driving for walkers and calling during downtime. (I was hoping to work on another project.) The GenJ volunteers made an average 2000+ phone calls each. Roughly, thirty-five kids ranging in age from 13 to 21 made about 75,000 phone calls in 4 days. They were obviously encouraging folks to vote for Burns and “get out to vote” for Burns. While I [...]
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I have now been to two events hosted by these guys and they are going to be making things happen. Making things happen by training Tea Partiers and others how to engage in the political system.
American Majority offers candidate and activist training while the Hancock Committee is oriented towards helping groups work together to achieve common goals.
Anniversary of a porkulus protest: The roots of the Tea Party movement (michellemalkin.com)
Power And Control: They Aren’t Interchangeable (redstate.com)
MORE EVIDENCE THAT the energy is with the Tea Partiers, not the GOP apparatus. Of course, if that l… [...]
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The truth is we ARE a bunch of Rubes. We continually allow these people to undermine or outright betray the country time after time in the clutch moments. Guess what, sleepers are SUPPOSED to look like us as much as possible while doing the enemies work. Yet half of those on the right defend these guys and block every attempt to purge this disease. Oh no, we can’t have standards. Or accountability. We’re a big tent.
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