Let’s not forget that Reagan increased the size of the Federal government; tripled the National Debt; signed the largest tax increase in history (TEFRA); turned the United States from the world's largest creditor into the world's largest debtor. Reagan's deficits sank the Bush administration, by forcing HW Bush to increase taxes, which subsequently handed Clinton the Presidency. Unemployment rose to over ten percent, where it stayed till late into Reagan’s third year in office.
religios people are fine, as long as they would like to keep the focus on the original intent of small govt. and less taxes. Unfortunately, many of them will just use the opportunity to make it about little more than gay marriage, abortion....
Nope. As usual, you headed out to the back 40 and the extreme. I know lots of religious folks associated with the TEA Party and they don't want the moral majority back. They're focused on the core issues of smaller government, lower taxes and spending. They keep their religion close and at home. The usurpers want their religious inspired agenda to take precedence over that, as we've seen lately with some of the candidates in these races. Focus is the name of the game.
Why didn't they do it? Because they stand a better chance doing what they started out doing. Being a party means trying to gain ballot access and that's a hard battle to fight in many places and it can distract from what you need to do.
