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You obviously just have a wingnut Tea Party there in Niceville.

Out here in Calif (and from what I can tell, around most of the country), Tea Parties are 100% fiscal conservatism and limited government.

That's probably because a social conservative's views on social issues are more "devout" than a social liberal's views on social issues. I guess this is because most social conservatives derive those views from religion.

Social conservatives have a real problem with letting those wedge issues dominate their political opinions generally speaking. As many have said the politicians know this and use it against them. Therefore, they cloud a movement originally about fiscal conservatism.

Out in Cali, a more socially liberal environment, there isn't that domination and they are able to focus on fiscal issues.

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