{"id":292691,"date":"2010-02-08T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=16800"},"modified":"2010-02-08T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:09:07","slug":"joe-walsh-%e2%80%a8i%e2%80%99m-still-the-%e2%80%98tea-party%e2%80%99-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/292691","title":{"rendered":"Joe Walsh: \u2028I\u2019m still the \u2018Tea Party\u2019 candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Republican candidate for the 8th Congressional District Joe Walsh said that he planned to continue his campaign the way he did in the primary \u2013as the \u201cTea Party candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walsh backed it up by speaking Friday at the Tea Party convention in Nashville.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has been asking me, \u2018Are you going to be the Tea Party candidate in the general [election]?\u2019\u201d he said before delivering his speech. \u201cMy answer is yes, because this is not about party.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Walsh said he did not believe that the Tea Party movement was fringe, as some contend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m convinced that the Tea Party movement is most Republicans, most independents, and some Democrats who are scared to death about the growth of government,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n

Walsh emerged from a crowded field of six candidates for his party\u2019s nomination, earning more than 30 percent of the votes. He will face incumbent Melissa Bean, a Democrat, in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cMelissa Bean is on the wrong side of this issue, of increasing government,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cYou can look at her recent record. She voted for the health care bill, she voted for the stimulus program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bean\u2019s spokesman, Jonathan Lipman, said Bean was unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe congresswoman understands that the families and businesses of the 8th District expect her to stay focused on addressing the economic insecurities and on promoting economic growth, and she remains committed to doing just that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although he said the Tea Party movement wasn\u2019t just one party, Walsh said he clearly was a Republican.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a Republican my whole life,\u201d he said. \u201cBack in the day, it was the smaller government party, and I think that\u2019s what people want right now. I want to get my party back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the economy began falling apart, many people\u2019s first reactions might have been to use government spending to help, Walsh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have said, \u2018no, we don\u2019t need government stimulus programs,\u2019\u201d Walsh said. \u201cWe need jobs, and the way to get jobs is to lower taxes, especially on businesses. Businesses are not hiring, and the reason they\u2019re not hiring is because they are so uncertain about what the government is going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walsh is a Winnetka resident who grew up North Barrington. He lives outside the district but said he planned to move into it.<\/p>\n

Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer, who unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat in the 2004 primary, will also be on the Nov. 2 ballot. Bean, who was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, did not face a primary challenger.<\/p>\n

By SARAH SUTSCHEK, ssutschek@nwherald.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the original article from the Northwest Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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