By James Q. Lynch
Des Moines Bureau
His candidate didn’t win, but Iowa Tea Party Chairman Ryan Rhodes said the movement’s message did well in the Iowa primary election.
“Most of the candidates in the race started stealing the Tea Party lines,” said Rhodes, who doubled as political director for 3rd District Republican hopeful Dave Funk. “When their ads look like yours, you’re doing something right.”
The success the Tea Party had in having its message adopted by Republican candidates tells University of Iowa political science professor Tim Hagle that the 2010 election is more about economic issues than social issues.
It’s beginning to look like 1992 when Bill Clinton defeated President George Bush by campaigning on an “It’s the economy” slogan.
The Tea Party had some victories. Council Bluffs City Councilman Matt Schultz, who won the GOP nomination for secretary of state, came out of the Tea Party movement.
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