(FIRST GMOD VID)DarkLegion breaks Charles #39; Tea Party (COLLAB ENTRY)
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The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, which blew through nearly $2million on expenses such as fundraising, polling and consultants in the first three months of this year, is not alone in its meager spending on candidates.
A Washington Post analysis found that some of the top national tea party groups engaged in this years midterm elections have put just a tiny fraction of their money directly into boosting the candidates theyve endorsed.
The practice is not unusual in the freewheeling world of big-money political groups, but it runs counter to the ethos of the tea party movement, which sprouted five years ago amid anger on the right over wasteful government spending. And it contrasts with the urgent appeals tea party groups have made to their base of small donors, many of whom repeatedly contribute after being promised that their money will help elect conservative politicians.
Out of the $37.5million spent so far by the PACs of six major tea party organizations, less than $7million has been devoted to directly helping candidates, according to the analysis, which was based on campaign finance data provided by the Sunlight Foundation.
The dearth of election spending has left many favored tea party candidates exposed before a series of pivotal GOP primaries next month in North Carolina, Nebraska, Idaho and Kentucky.
Roughly half of the money nearly $18million has gone to pay for fundraising and direct mail, largely provided by Washington-area firms. Meanwhile, tea party leaders and their family members have been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees, while their groups have doled out large sums for airfare, a retirement plan and even interior decorating.
The lavish spending underscores how the protest movement has gone professional, with national groups transforming themselves into multimillion-dollar organizations run by activists collecting six-figure salaries.
Three well-known groups the Tea Party Patriots, the Tea Party Express and the Madison Project have spent 5percent or less of their money directly on election-related activity during this election cycle. Two other prominent tea party groups, the Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks, have devoted about 40percent of their money to direct candidate support such as ads and yard signs.
On average, super PACs had spent 64percent of their funds on directly helping candidates by roughly this stage in the 2012 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data.
Leaders of the tea party PACs defended how they have been using their resources, saying that securing the small-dollar contributions that sustain their organizations requires investment.
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Tea party PACs reap money for midterms, but spend little on candidates
The Republican Party is in the midst of a civil war, and two key battles are being fought in the Akron area.
Two GOP freshmen who have connections to the civility movement are under fire from tea party opponents, one over federal policy on spending and health care, and the other over social issues, among them gay marriage and abortion.
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, whose 14th District includes the northeast quarter of Summit County and much of the state to the north and east, will be challenged in the May 6 Republican Primary by State Rep. Matt Lynch. Lynch is backed by FreedomWorks, a tea party-supporting conservative action group. Joyce has the backing of the Main Street Partnership, founded by his predecessor, moderate Republican Steve LaTourette, who left Congress disgusted with the partisan rancor.
State Sen. Frank LaRose, in Ohios 27th District, represents much of western and northern Summit County, all of Wayne and western Stark County. A leader of a bipartisan legislative civility effort in Ohio and known for collaborating with Democrats on legislation, he faces first-time candidate Caleb Davenport. Davenport is campaigning on a pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-business agenda.
Both sides see the two races as nothing less than determining the future of the party, especially with tea party candidates also running for Republican State Central Committee seats against party-faithful candidates.
If they can raise the money from their benefactors to make sure no tea party candidates win, they will have total control of the party, said Tom Zawistowski, executive director of the Portage County TEA Party, whose group is backing Lynch and Davenport. We will have to start our own party or go somewhere else.
Ohio GOP spokesman Chris Schrimpf, however, said the tea party is misguided in its choice to challenge these incumbents, who both have good, conservative records and have been endorsed by the state party. Schrimpf predicts victories for Joyce and LaRose and damage to the credibility of Zawistowski, who mounted an unsuccessful attempt to chair the state Republican Party last year.
You will see once again that Tom Z does not represent the tea party, Schrimpf said. I think he speaks for himself and he speaks for some individuals ... The tea party is a diverse group that isnt represented by one voice.
The winner in the 14th and 27th district primaries will face Democratic competition in the Nov. 4 election. Both Democratic candidates are unopposed in the primary.
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Pickens Tea Party Candidate Forum
The Pickens County Tea Party April meeting was a candidate forum with Derrick Grayson (Republican) and Amanda Swafford (Libertarian) for US Senate, Ken Herro...
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