Aug. 4, 2010
Raese Plus Tea Party = "A Political Marriage That Makes Sense"
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Mason County, WV (HNN) - Republican U.S. Senate Candidate John Raese
has always challenged the establishment--in Washington, in Charleston,
and sometimes even in his own West Virginia Republican Party.
Now, Raese is joining force with local Tea Party groups along the campaign trail to magnify their joint concern about deficit spending, government intrusion into individuals' lives, higher taxes, and jumpstarting the economy through unleashing the private sector.
"Government doesn't create jobs," said Raese at a recent GOP function in Morgantown. "In fact, oftentimes too much government costs us jobs that we need now to put West Virginians and other Americans back to work. Excessive regulation and higher taxes are driving our competitiveness down to dangerous levels."
Raese has now taken that same message to Tea Party activists in Mason County, in the western end of the state along the Ohio River. Local political activist Alice Click says that she's seeing more excitement politically here than in recent years, in large part due to Raese's courting of the Tea Party vote.
"These Tea Partiers are smart and extremely dedicated activists," said Click, who is known locally and statewide for her conservative-tinged letters to the editor. "If they size you up and feel that you're one of them, they will do more work on your behalf than anyone else I've seen."
Jack Ellis, a political consultant in Putnam County who has worked for both Democratic and Republican candidates in West Virginia, thinks that Raese and the Tea Party activists could pack a wallop come election time this fall.
"At first glance, it may seem like a political odd couple to have a bigtime Morgantown businessman joining forces with the Tea Partiers, who generally come from more modest means," said Ellis. "But when you start to think about the "less government" agenda Raese has always pursued, as far back as the mid-1980s, it's a political marriage that begins to make sense. And if Raese can capture the rest of the Tea Party support statewide, well, Katie bar the door."
Estimates of the total number of Tea Party members nationally vary, but some reports suggest the movement has grown to over 15 million Americans, with 41% of them being Democrats and Independents.
Click here for more information from the L.A. Times about the Tea Party movement.
Share This Story:
Make HNN Your Homepage (IE Users Only)
Raese Plus Tea Party = "A Political Marriage That Makes Sense"
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Mason County, WV (HNN) - Republican U.S. Senate Candidate John Raese
has always challenged the establishment--in Washington, in Charleston,
and sometimes even in his own West Virginia Republican Party.
Now, Raese is joining force with local Tea Party groups along the campaign trail to magnify their joint concern about deficit spending, government intrusion into individuals' lives, higher taxes, and jumpstarting the economy through unleashing the private sector.
"Government doesn't create jobs," said Raese at a recent GOP function in Morgantown. "In fact, oftentimes too much government costs us jobs that we need now to put West Virginians and other Americans back to work. Excessive regulation and higher taxes are driving our competitiveness down to dangerous levels."
Raese has now taken that same message to Tea Party activists in Mason County, in the western end of the state along the Ohio River. Local political activist Alice Click says that she's seeing more excitement politically here than in recent years, in large part due to Raese's courting of the Tea Party vote.
"These Tea Partiers are smart and extremely dedicated activists," said Click, who is known locally and statewide for her conservative-tinged letters to the editor. "If they size you up and feel that you're one of them, they will do more work on your behalf than anyone else I've seen."
Jack Ellis, a political consultant in Putnam County who has worked for both Democratic and Republican candidates in West Virginia, thinks that Raese and the Tea Party activists could pack a wallop come election time this fall.
"At first glance, it may seem like a political odd couple to have a bigtime Morgantown businessman joining forces with the Tea Partiers, who generally come from more modest means," said Ellis. "But when you start to think about the "less government" agenda Raese has always pursued, as far back as the mid-1980s, it's a political marriage that begins to make sense. And if Raese can capture the rest of the Tea Party support statewide, well, Katie bar the door."
Estimates of the total number of Tea Party members nationally vary, but some reports suggest the movement has grown to over 15 million Americans, with 41% of them being Democrats and Independents.
Click here for more information from the L.A. Times about the Tea Party movement.
Share This Story:
Make HNN Your Homepage (IE Users Only)
