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Few top Republicans coming to Florida Tea Party Convention

Posted Nov 4, 2011 by William March

Updated Nov 4, 2011 at 03:03 PM

Vice President Joe Biden stirred up the Florida Democratic Party’s convention last weekend; all the prominent Republican presidential and Senate candidates attended the state Republican Party’s Presidency 5 state convention in September.

But the Florida Tea Party Convention being held this weekend in Daytona Beach doesn’t seem to be getting that that kind of respect.

Very few of the top Republican presidential and Senate candidates and Florida elected officials plan to attend the event, which begins today, and is scheduled to include Senate and presidential candidate forums.

Most are citing scheduling conflicts, government business or the pressure of campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire as their reasons for missing the event.

But political experts say the declining public reputation of the tea party movement may also be part of the reason.

Read more here.