Independence Hall Tea Party PAC       Press Release

For Immediate Release 

Contact:   Don Adams, XXXXXXXXXX

                 Bill Green, XXXXXXXXXXX

Independence Hall Tea Party PAC Becomes First Tea Party To

Endorse Mitt Romney; Predicts Governor Romney Will Be Elected 

45th President of the United States 

Philadelphia, PA (January 2, 2012) -- The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC, a tri-state (DE, NJ, PA) regional group, announced today that its 27-member Board of Delegates has voted overwhelmingly to endorse Mitt Romney for President.

The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC is the first Tea Party group in the nation to formally endorse Governor Romney.

"Over the past several weeks, a consensus has been building among our Board of Delegates that Mitt Romney is the most electable Republican candidate," said PAC President, Don Adams.  "We, as a Tea Party PAC, have set winning the White House as our number one priority in 2012.  We believe Mr. Romney is the one candidate who can win the Republican nomination and defeat President Barack Obama in November.  

"Mr. Romney is the only Republican candidate who has consistently polled even or ahead of President Obama in national surveys.  He puts a number of 2008 blue states in play, including Michigan and New Hampshire.  He also appeals to large numbers of independent voters." 

"Mr. Romney, a devoted family man, is an incredibly talented, well-rounded individual with in-depth knowledge and experience in both the private and public sectors of the economy," said PAC New Jersey Vice President, Bill Green.  "Ultimately, we believe Mr. Romney is a man of principle who, once elected, will lead our nation back to prosperity."

PAC Delaware Vice President, Kevin Street, said, "His vision of a strong America, one built on the foundations of free enterprise and meritocracy, is most compatible with the principles of the Tea Party movement. 

"Mr. Romney has stated time and again that he believes in a limited role for the Federal government--emphasizing that the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution delineates between the powers of the national government and that of the states."

"Mr. Romney will pursue a policy of energy independence, lower taxes, and less government spending.  He has promised to secure our borders and redirect our foreign policy," added PAC Pennsylvania Vice President, Sean Carpenter.  "Under his presidency, the United States will no longer prostrate itself before other nations.  We believe in a strong America--an America that is respected for its economic vibrancy, its military strength, and its constitutional values."

PAC Co-Founder, Teri Adams, said, "We realize that a number of fellow 

Tea Partiers are not yet where we are in supporting Mitt Romney for President--and we respect their varied positions. 

"However, we felt compelled to make an endorsement in light of a counter-productive effort to stop Mitt Romney among some disparate elements on the right--often based on a religious intolerance of Mr. Romney's Mormon faith. 

"We also think the notion that the Tea Party will support a 3rd party candidate after Mitt Romney becomes the Republican nominee, a notion most often advanced by the mainstream media, must be discredited," Ms. Adams said.

"It discounts the good sense of millions of Tea Party folks nationwide who have come to realize, or will eventually realize, that the only way to defeat

President Obama, whose policies are an anathema to conservatism and

the Tea Party Movement, is to rally around his strongest opponent--Gov. Mitt Romney--the man who, we believe, will become the next president of the United States."

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Independence Hall Tea Party Unanimously Endorses Jane Corwin in NY-26 Special Election; Calls Fake Tea Party Candidates Part of National Democrat Strategy to Mislead Voters   

Philadelphia, PA (May 17, 2011) -- The Independence Hall Tea Party PAC Board of Delegates announced, today, that it has voted unanimously to endorse Jane Corwin for Congress in the New York 26th District Special Election to be held next Tuesday, May 24.

This marks only the second time that the Independence Hall Tea Party PAC has endorsed a candidate in a Congressional special election outside its region. 

"Our endorsement is a testament to the overwhelmingly positive positions Assemblywoman Corwin has advanced in this campaign, including her commitment to bringing fiscal sanity back to Washington," said PAC President, Don Adams.

"Assemblywoman Corwin understands that we must bring government spending and taxation under control in order to stimulate the economy and encourage job creation," Mr. Adams said.  

"She also knows that the nation's private sector economy must be part of an overall solution to help build a strong economy and lasting prosperity--and that America, once and for all--must become energy independent."

"Her two Democratic opponents--one, a cheerleader for ObamaCare and other big government bailout programs; the other, a fake Tea Party candidate--appear to be teaming up to defeat the principles of responsible government that Ms. Corwin represents. 

"Obviously, we are also sending a message to Jack Davis, a three-time Democrat candidate for Congress, that we are onto his phony Tea Party candidacy," said Mr. Adams.  "We recognize this deceptive Democrat strategy all too well--try to fool the voters into splitting their vote between a conservative Republican and a fraudulent Tea Party candidate so that the "official" Democrat candidate wins.

"Only trouble is, the voters are much smarter than that--and when they discover the attempt to deceive, they punish those involved in the deception.

"One of our endorsed candidates in the 2010 Congressional election, former Philadelphia Eagles star, Jon Runyan, running in the Republican-leaning New Jersey 3rd Congressional District, had to tackle both an incumbent Democratic Congressman, John Adler, and a fake Tea Party candidate recruited by the Adler campaign.

This was an obvious ploy to deceive voters and siphon votes away from the Runyan candidacy.

"Fortunately, in this case, the area Tea Parties were able to discredit the fake tea Party candidate, Peter DeStefano, by disclosing that Mr. DeStefano did not belong to any of the Tea Party groups and had never been seen at a Tea Party event.

"Furthermore, reporter Jane Roh, of the Courier-Post, officially traced DeStefano's

phony candidacy back to the Adler campaign.  The Adler campaign continued to deny their role in deception through the November 2nd election."

On election night, Mr. Runyan defeated the popular incumbent, Congressman John Adler, by two percentage points, to become Congressman-elect Jon Runyan (NJ-3). 

"Also in 2010 election cycle, in the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District, the campaign of Democrat candidate Bryan Lentz admittedly helped a fringe Tea Party candidate, Jim Schneller, collect enough signatures to get Schneller's name on the ballot as a third party candidate," Adams said. 

Again, the attempt to split the conservative vote failed as the PAC endorsed

candidate, Republican Pat Meehan, handily won the election.   

"Jane Corwin, like Jon Runyan and Pat Meehan before her, will also defeat this cynical campaign strategy on Tuesday, May 24," said Mr. Adams.  "Assemblywoman Corwin is on her way to becoming the newest member of the 112th Congress and our Tea Party group will do whatever it can to help make that happen." 

(In April, 2010, the PAC voted unanimously to support Tim Burns for Congress in a special election in Western PA.  Mr. Burns lost in a very tight race.  His endorsement was the first issued by the PAC in a special election.  The Independence Hall Tea Party unofficially supported Scott Brown's successful bid in a Massachusetts US Senate special election.)

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