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Not to compare the tea party to the Republican Party but one of the things I think that made the tea party attractive to so many is they didn’t bring up all the usual issues of the right. They picked a few main issues that everyone could agree on and built a coalition around it. Abortion and the death penalty was not one of those topics, it would have isolated a portion of the group. Couldn’t the republicans pick 5 or so major issues and concentrate on those. I personally am a believer in a God but I don’t need my party to make it a huge part of what they stand for because my relationship with my Creator is personal anyway.   On the other hand I was really bothered when the dems booed God being on their platform. Just to not talk about it one way or the other seems better.