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Ned Ryun:
A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former
U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the head of American
Majority (www.americanmajority.org), a national organization committed to identifying and
training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua
program. Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored
Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and
his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern
Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James. The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Ned Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
Tea Partiers Are Mainstream
I’ve been beating the drum on this for some time, and will continue to do so. I’ve been making three main points on most of my interviews with radio shows and print:
1. The Tea Partiers are mainstream. The Gallup poll from the end of March shows that the Tea Partiers are in fact mainstream.
2. The American people identify more with the Tea Partiers than they do with Congress. Rasmussen reports that 47% of Americans identify more with the Tea Partiers vs. 26% that identify more with Congress.
3. The Tea Partiers main issues are the economy and jobs (I’ve been adding the role of government in their lives). The Winston Group reported last week that those concerns mirror the concern of the majority of voters in America.
With that all said, and with the left and the mainstream media pushing a narrative that the Tea Partiers are fringe, I would have to say polls reflect the exact opposite, that in fact Tea Partiers are mainstream, that most Americans identify with them, and that in the end, I think it’s fair to ask: if the Tea Partiers are mainstream, what does that make the left and the mainstream media? Fringe?
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