Donn Janes, a candidate for Congress in the 8th District, confirms that he will not file to run in the Republican primary but as an independent in the general election as a ‘Tea Party’ movement aligned candidate.
Now it's not surprising that this comes from a nominal southern state, but what does it portend for the GOP?
As I see it, a majority of Americans are more libertarian in their thinking than anything else. Only the hard-corps libertarians support the Libertarian party, so the only option for small 'l's' to have real input are the Republicans (and I think that's natural).
But there are few actual conservative Republicans out there, and the party seems to actively drive them away ..... witness the ineptitude displayed by the National Republican Senatorial Commitee when they endorsed Charlie Crist oer all other comers right out of the gate (and that Rubio is now polling ahead of Crist).
Then along comes the 'Tea Party' movement (and the opportunity to run as a tea party 'branded' candidate) and suddenly there's hope of real conservatism getting elected (though not much probability!).
In fact, it's possible that the tea party movement serves as a spoiler to GOP efforts this fall, and shows them which side their bread is buttered on.
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