Ben Smith over at Politico has an interesting article up about the tea parties and their priorities. I’m quoted in the middle of the article.
Groups such as FreedomWorks, said Perkins, bring a libertarian bias that doesn’t represent the “true tea parties.” Brendan Steinhauser, the director of federal and state campaigns at FreedomWorks, responded that the contract represents activists’ priorities.
“People didn’t come out into the streets to protest gay marriage or abortion,” said Steinhauser, who said that he hoped the Republican Party would follow the contract’s cue and “stop bringing up flag-burning amendments and the gay marriage thing when they’re not what people are focused on.”
To be clear, I am staunchly pro-life, and consider myself somewhat socially conservative. However, I think the biggest threats to liberty in America are the national debt, outrageous deficits, wasteful federal spending and higher taxes. Focusing on the fiscal issues is a winning formula for both political parties.
