The Republican establishment’s trashing of Palin is going to come back to bite them in the butt, one way or another. Politics is ultimately about power, and the Republican establishment wants to keep theirs. That’s why they’re wary of the Tea Party. They would serve the country and the party better if they accommodated themselves to the Tea Party’s existence.
Nicole Wallace is the Republican establishment? She is a young woman who started working for Bush/Cheney 2004 in her early 20s.
For the record, the establishment Republicans haven't really begun to weigh in on Sarah Palin. They probably won't until she announces.