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| Tea Party to field candidate in battle for Harry Reid's Senate seat |
| 2010-02-15 |
| Sun columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the Senate race to battle for the seat held by Majority Leader Harry Reid. Divide and conquer, huh? Did Harry pay for that or are they just stoopid? The party has filed a Certificate of Existence but needs to get 1 percent of the electorate to vote for its candidate in November to permanently qualify, according to the report. Ralston reported that Jon Ashjian will be the Tea Party's U.S. Senate candidate on the November ballot. Ashjian still must declare his candidacy. There are six other third-party candidates going through the verification process to appear on the ballot as U.S. Senate candidates -- one Reform Party hopeful and five as independents, Ralston reported. Reid's Republican challengers currently include former state Sen. Sue Lowden, former UNLV basketball star Danny Tarkanian and former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle. The news also comes two days after first-term Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki said he won't run for the U.S. Senate to unseat Reid. Krolicki said Thursday he will be seeking a second term as lieutenant governor. According to the party's constitution, the Tea Party of Nevada will "promote this nation's founding principles of freedom, liberty and a small representative government. We believe that our government under both Democrat and Republican control has led to massive national debt, crushing deficits, increased taxes; while establishing a large and powerful federal government in a direct refutation of the founding ideals of America." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 P2K - problem is - the divide and conquer strategy is in effect. The "Tea Party" third party guy in Vegas is someone nobody's heard of. Watch to see other Astroturf tea party candididates surface to try and split the vote. Reid MUST GO DOWN |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-15 21:44 |
| #5 The problem for the media and the Donks is that there is no formal Tea Party or funding source to tie to. As such, there is no flag pole to rally around or against. Anyone can try to tag themselves with the name 'Tea Party', but unlike the other two established party organizations the population that will blindly pull the lever doesn't really exist in the movement. These are not party clones. Of course that means their ability to attract the dead and Mickey Mouse/Donald Duck et al is very restricted. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-02-15 19:52 |
| #4 Check out the fellows listed as party officers in the filing. They are dead ends / ties to Reid. This looks like a false flag operation. Being followed on both instapundit and "the corner" |
| Posted by: Spanky Wheack7175 2010-02-15 19:25 |
| #3 Unfortunate last name, makes me think "ashcan". I'm comforted by the notable inability of third-party spoilers in New Jersey and Massachusetts to get any traction in the last two races. Even when the one in Massachusetts ran with a Kennedy last name. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-02-15 10:31 |
| #2 Unless the Dhimmicrats succeed in forcing bloggers to get a license in the next week, we'll know everything we need to know about Jon Ashjian. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-02-15 09:52 |
| #1 Is this real tea party folks or a splinter trying to use the name. No one seems to know this guy Ashjian. More to be determined. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-02-15 00:24 |