Nevada Tea Party Candidate Face Felony Charge

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LAS VEGAS — A Nevada asphalt contractor who faces a legal challenge to his Tea Party of Nevada candidacy for U.S. Senate was hit Friday with felony theft and bad check charges in Las Vegas that allege he bounced a $5,000 business check last year.

Scott Ashjian is one of a record 22 candidates, including 12 Republicans, running for the seat held by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is seeking a fifth term.

Bernie Zadrowski, head of the Clark County district attorney's office bad check unit, said he would seek an arrest warrant Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court. Ashjian could face up to 14 years in state prison if convicted.

The tea party movement is a disparate coalition of conservative groups angered by federal spending, rising taxes and the growth and reach of government. Other tea party activists have been distancing themselves from Ashjian, and an ad targeting him has been sponsored by the Tea Party Express, one of the most visible factions of the national tea party movement.

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yeah whatever, surprise!!

i hope this tea party becomes something for a couple of reasons.

first, as i understand it, it's mostly disgruntled conservatives, and if they form a third party, it will split the right wing vote in the next election leaving the democrats a clear majority. don't think it can happen, it did, here in canada when the conservatives split and the reform party came along(aahh it's all so familiar) and the liberals had a majority for, well it was at least 8 yrs, and they became a bunch of do nothing, patronizing, useless overspending jerks, who could not be defeated until the conservatives came back together.

i think i see that happening as the tea party gains stength.

bu the main reason i hope it takes off is you americans really do need a 3rd party to look to.

there is no true democracy with only two parties.

ross peroe (sp?) was a bit of a nut, but he was heading america politically in the right direction as far as I'm concerned.