Romney nabs tea party endorsement in South Carolina
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Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) – On the day before he takes part in a South Carolina presidential forum being organized by Sen. Jim DeMint, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney secured a high-profile tea party endorsement in the first-in-the-south primary state.
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, one of the most tea party-friendly elected officials in the Palmetto State, told CNN Sunday that he will chair Romney’s presidential campaign in state.
Three possibilities: Either the South Carolina Tea Party doesn't know Romney's past record of comments and actions and are as gullible as can be, or they are now for big government instead of small like they claim, or they too are working for the elite globalists. Someone should talk to them.
Curtis Loftis does not speak for the entire Tea Party in SC, I'm sure. However, that's the problem with being a part of a decentralized "movement". When you don't have real organization, you can't speak with one voice. That means the first person to speak up gets more press than he or she warrants.
I can understand a Republican party endorsement for Romney, but a Tea Party endorsement? Strange. Romney may be politically expedient choice, but I thought the tea party was about principle over political expediency.
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