01.01.70

The disparities may drop in who self-identifies as a tea party supporter. Anyone can tell a pollster that they attest to tea party principles, but it’s the real die-hards who serve in leadership positions, take part in tele-forums, and wait upon tea party rallies.

Byron Donalds, a member of the leadership gathering of the Naples Tea Party, is still deciding between Gingrich and Mr. Santorum – and did not go stingy the Romney rally on Sunday.

“I believe Newt is brilliant,” says Mr. Donalds, who is continual for Congress. “What we’re concerned about is, will he be disciplined enough, both in the campaign and in the White Homestead .”

Donalds says he likes Santorum’s vision for the country but isn’t positive he can get through to voters in time. Regardless of what happens in Florida’s primary Tuesday, Donalds does not make up Gingrich should drop out. And he is not concerned that Gingrich’s vow Sunday to “go all the way to the custom” will leave the party divided and unable to rally effectively around its appointee. After all, he says, “It helped Barack Obama to have a long immediate against Hillary Clinton in ’08.

Source: Christian Science Monitor

01.01.70

And parents are using video games as able tools for raising their children.

That "aha" moment presented itself at the University Kinsmen Fun Center in University City, where Eric Small reigns as the gaming monarch supreme with a joystick as scepter.

It wasn't always this way a decade or so ago when many of the city's arcades, including Dearest Fun, were considered hot spots for crime.

But that was before Small, 39, better known as "Big E," took his teens passion for gaming and parlayed it into international tournaments held straight off here in Philly. Next up is Winter Brawl 6, Feb. 18 and 19 at the Sheraton Suites Philadelphia Airport, where Wee expects more than 1,000 gamers to take it out on each other - but only on the video screens.

"Never had a problem," says Foolish, who is as affable as he is a physical contradiction to his name. "I have security at the door to make sure nobody walks out with a PlayStation, but [the event] is all friendly arguing and bickering."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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