another tea party activist , running for office in the deep south: [rquoter]Barber isn't the only military veteran with Tea Party support seeking a congressional seat in Alabama this year. In the state's 5th District, former Navy aviator Les Phillip is challenging Rep. Parker Griffith, whose switch from Democrat to Republican made headlines last month. A native of Trinidad who came to the United States with his parents when he was 8, Phillip could become the first black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction. His message of American exceptionalism and limited government draws enthusiastic applause at Tea Party events and has earned the endorsement of Mike Huckabee. As with Barber's primary contest with Roby in the 2nd District, however, Phillip finds himself contending against the GOP establishment. The NRCC is pledged to support Griffith, as a spokesman for the campaign committee explained last month: "Parker Griffith is now a member of the Republican conference, and by definition the NRCC is the political arm of the House political conference. He is in effect a member of the NRCC."[/rquoter] Spoiler Spoiler would not hit Spoiler not that there's anything wrong with that
