The relationship between political party leaders and elected  officials is sometimes difficult to understand, at least to me. Often there is a bond between them that leaves rank and file  members on the sidelines. 

Got me to thinking......

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, you should expect  elected officials to follow the beliefs of their respective party and the oath of office they hold. You also should expect party leaders to represent the party and its members first and elected officials only when they support the party. Unfortunately, too often this is not the case, and often splits the party from its members.

Party leaders and elected officials need to be guided by the "Three Ps" rather than political consultants.

The first is platform, the foundation created to be strong enough to endure no matter the challenges confronted.

Second, are principles we expect elected representatives follow in the execution of their duties and relationship with constituents.

Third, are the promises we expect our party leaders and elected officials to keep in accordance with their respective platforms and principles.

When the American people can be confident political parties and elected officials will adhere to the "Three Ps", then they can again begin to use a fourth P, PRIDE, when discussing governance!

1. A refined, formal organizational description, including our principles, values and objectives, and a FAQs page. When the draft is completed we'll publish it for your consideration and input.
2. A new Website that will be cleaner/streamlined and easier to navigate. In addition to some new features such as a FAQs page, it will integrate the tremendous library of painstakingly accumulated material that is on the current site and organize everything in a more intuitive format.
3. You'll be able to customize your email preferences and update your contact information.
4. Increasing use of technology to maximize our volunteers' time. Automated volunteer opportunity signups, confirmations and directions will be easier and faster, reducing the risk of human error. This is significant because all the time and emotions of all our volunteers, including those doing the organizing, are important.
5. Diverse and defined volunteer opportunities. We all have different amounts of time, mobility and physical capacity. Some of our folks have the equivalent of part-time jobs with MTC, volunteering 20+ hours each week. Others already have full plates between careers, family and community (conservatives are producers, after all). Believe it or not, we have meaningful volunteer opportunities for those that can't commit to more than 5-10 mins a day from home! Watch your inbox over the next couple months.
6. More sophistication, transparency and member involvement with our politician and legislation vetting processes.
7. Alliances with like-minded groups. Other Tea Party groups, local "issue organizations" (2nd Amendment, tax or education reform, etc.) and state-wide or national organizations (Americans for Prosperity, Civitas, Voter Integrity Project, Concerned Veterans for America, etc.) are all working from the same liberty foundation we are. Like members of a family, we're unlikely to agree on every issue, but we must collaborate on the important ones. There is tremendous power for legislative change in a unified, coordinated federation of independent Constitutionalist organizations.

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