Five Tea Party commitments that could make a difference this fall.

Karl Rove, in Where the Tea Partiers Should Go From Here, makes some strong points about how and why the Democrats are using demonization tactics to take aim at the tea party movement, and suggests that:

.. that tea partiers design a citizen's pledge and then ask friends and neighbors to sign it with them. The pledge should make five concrete commitments.

A summary of those five commitments shows:

1. The first would be to educate themselves about the key issues of health care, spending, deficits and the economy.

2. The second commitment would be to ascertain with certainty where their candidates for the U.S. Senate and House stand on these issues.

3. The third would be for each signatory to agree that they will register and then vote this fall for candidates they personally believe best represent their views on these issues.

4. ..a fourth commitment that each signatory make a manageable list of 10 to 25 people whom they would individually approach to take the pledge.

5. The fifth and final commitment would be that each signatory personally see that each of their recruits register and vote.

Rove further adds: “Politicians who hope to appeal to tea partiers must offer solutions that are heartfelt and well thought out.” and “The tea party movement must also distance itself from the "birthers".. .”

This is one of the first pledges I have seen that actually makes some concrete process suggestions designed to do what we, the tea party movement, need to do. These pledges will help to grow the cause and then get “We the People” out to vote!