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Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips discusses whether the movement will back the Republican candidate.
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-- -- really appreciate it.
Next up the latest Gallup poll has Mitt Romney in a dead heat.
With president Barack Obama tied at 47%.
But we're gonna focus on the tea party for a minute.
Now we know they don't love everything that -- stands for but most -- probably consider him a better choice and President Obama.
But will of Tea Party vote for -- in big enough numbers on Election Day joining us now Judson Phillips founder of Tea Party nation.
And associate director of the Tea Party dot net certain rating way -- -- -- and that's.
Well -- it's.
I will most people I -- call myself an ONG voter Obama must go it's just not negotiable and so we we have.
Two choices in this election either have four more years.
Of Obama or is like -- -- -- -- in Internet card today you re electing Obama is like backing the Titanic up and hitting the iceberg second time.
What you that is the choice it's either Obama or -- there was a Tea -- gonna come out for -- in droves.
That's a good question.
-- the tea party for the most part is going to come out for Romney.
But Romney's got a huge problem with Tea Party line.
Most of the Tea Party voters are ONG voters Obama must go they're not Romney voters and there's a huge difference why why -- -- not.
ONG voters for people are gonna go out probably gonna -- -- vote for Romney because we realize Obama's got to go.
A Romney voter.
If someone is not only gonna go out and vote for robbing they're gonna that that yard sign.
They're gonna put a bumper sticker on the car -- it will go -- -- -- -- -- why isn't -- Tea Party coming out for Romney what do they not like about Britain at around it's not so much from what I've talked with people and myself to put.
It's not so much what we like or don't like -- he's just infinitely better than Obama.
But the Romney campaign has done nothing to reach up to the Tea Party.
-- I was talking do well one of the senior people at the Romney campaign.
About a month ago and said hey what do ya gonna quit ignoring the Tea Party to actually reach out to us and it.
Never got an answer on that one and we'll wait a second act and a sense of really they're just gonna stay home because Ronnie didn't make a phone call to the Tea Party really they're not gonna come on both -- for that only that recent -- -- Understand the difference they will go out and vote for but there's a difference between people -- go -- vote form.
-- people who work for lack of a better term evangelical.
About getting out and supporting him going to take it out telling -- he -- -- I'm excited about -- you've got to go on both Ford and that's what's missing right now Romney I think these three.
I had nothing -- -- an evangelical on what's missing impassioned.
You think the Tea Party itself was made it made a mistake transitioning from this grassroots organization to one -- to organization now that the buildings are behind laptops and computers.
I thought they were so much more effective when they were in the park when they had their signs.
Acting like they make that transition maybe a power grab to soon.
A change had to be made because the first -- nothing in life is static -- we're never gonna remain exactly the same day in and day out when the Tea Party first hit.
All we could do is go out in the streets because the -- elections or anything else.
The -- test of whether the Tea Party is successful or not is whether or not we make change we dividend 2010 we swept the Republicans.
We took them off the political endangered species listed put him right hardly not but after that the -- felt so good about yourself you bandit -- you were -- I think in May the biggest.
The no I think a lot of people.
We in the -- and what we're doing we got smarter that we got involved in campaigns and if you look at the Republican primary.
This pastor.
How many of the candidates were.
Espouse the Tea Party Credo -- you have to answer this question answer -- answer for me okay the viewer wants to know.
What is it Tea Party on what issues by the Tea Party is -- -- pretty angry with Mitt Romney now starting with obamacare.
Romney is doing this repeal and we're gonna keep parts of that we like.
Well the whole -- unconstitutional.
The whole thing is unworkable it needs to simply be scrapped.
Let's get free market ideas in there to bring down the cost of health care and make it affordable for people that's the starter.
The next -- he comes -- says you know.
-- I -- cut taxes but not for the upper income people.
Site we need to cut taxes for everybody were -- -- at some people say Tea Party stands for TEA taxed enough already OPEC.
Judson Phillips Tea Party leader thank you -- times are really education and.
